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C++Builder Extensions to C++
you can stick with standard C++ and write Windows programs the hard way. The decision
is yours to make. I’m fairly confident that if you are still reading this book at this point, you
have decided that the RAD that C++Builder provides outweighs the perceived problem of
Borland’s extensions to C++. So if you are an existing C++ programmer, you may have to
ponder the ramifications of language extensions and decide whether you can live with them.
If you are new to C++, you probably don’t understand what the fuss is all about. Whichever
camp you are from, you can almost certainly be more productive if you use the power that
C++Builder offers. That power comes at a price, but I think that the price is a very small one.
Workshop
The Workshop contains quiz questions to help you solidify your understanding of the
material covered and exercises to provide you with experience in using what you have learned.
You can find answers to the questions in Appendix A, “Answers to Quiz Questions.”
Q&A
Quiz
Q I really like C++Builder, but I don’t know if I like the language extensions.
What are my choices?
A Your choices are fairly simple: Either use C++Builder and learn to accept the
language extensions or don’t use C++Builder and give up RAD.
Q Is the practice of extending C++ common?
A To a degree, yes, but generally not on the scale of the extensions that C++Builder
introduces. The C++Builder extensions are fairly significant.
Q The C++ extensions in C++Builder make C++Builder a nonstandard C++
compiler, right?
A Wrong. The extensions do not prevent C++Builder from being an otherwise
standard C++ compiler. C++Builder is a standard C++ compiler plus it gives you
RAD through language extensions.
1. What is the name of the keyword that is used to declare a property?
2. Is an event a closure?
3. What does the __published keyword do?
4. Is the declspec keyword new to C++Builder?
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