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Re: Recommended VAC version

From	"Mentore Siesto" <mentoreshoryu@fattimiei.zx>
Organization	eComStation Developer Team
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Subject	Re: Recommended VAC version
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Date	2013-09-19 21:48 +0000

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Il giorno Thu, 19 Sep 2013 15:47:22 UTC, "A.D. Fundum" 
<what.ever@neverm.ind> ha scritto:

> In general, which VAC version (3/3.6.5/4) is recommended?
> 
> FWIW: the language level isn't that important, snprintf() is hardly 
> nice-to-have. Typical apps: CLI-based (no makefiles), CLI-based with 
> PM file open dialog (no makefile) ,Rexx DLLs (basic makefiles). Both a
> better runtime (I wouldn't be able to notice the difference) and 
> better error checking (difference already noticed) are nice-to-haves. 
> There's hardly any investment to be thrown away, apart from a few rare
> VAC3 VB books and samples, so as such there's no reason to stick to 
> the traditional VAC3. If VAC3 still is okay for basic usage, is it 
> worth the efforts to also install other versions (if so: for which 
> purposes)?

Given that all of them are heavily outdated, I'd go for 3.65. It is, 
AFAIK, the best of the three in terms of performance/bug ratio.

I have a copy of VAC 4 in my archives, I think I'll install it too for
some old ports.

Mentore

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Recommended VAC version "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2013-09-19 17:47 +0200
  Re: Recommended VAC version "Mentore Siesto" <mentoreshoryu@fattimiei.zx> - 2013-09-19 21:48 +0000
    Re: Recommended VAC version "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2013-09-20 01:09 +0200
      Re: Recommended VAC version Lars Erdmann <lars.erdmann@arcor.de> - 2013-09-20 20:43 +0200
        Re: Recommended VAC version "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2013-09-21 17:55 +0200
          Re: Recommended VAC version Lars Erdmann <lars.erdmann@arcor.de> - 2013-09-25 07:54 +0200
            Re: Recommended VAC version "Dariusz Piatkowski" <dariusz@_NO-SPAM_mnsi.net> - 2013-09-28 01:26 +0000
              Re: Recommended VAC version Lars Erdmann <lars.erdmann@arcor.de> - 2013-09-29 18:59 +0200
                Re: Recommended VAC version "Alex Taylor" <mail.me@reply.to.address> - 2013-09-30 00:18 +0000
  Re: Recommended VAC version "A.D. Fundum" <what.ever@neverm.ind> - 2014-12-08 00:42 +0100

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