Re: [perl #41243] [TODO] Link on Win32 with Borland C++

Andrew Whitworth wrote:
> I'll pick up borland and play with it, although I won't get to it
> until the next cycle. I've got a really old version of Turbo C++ 4.52
> left over from school, and free versions of Turbo C++ Explorer are
> available for download. I don't promise any miracles, but at least I
> will be able to prove that some errors still exist or not.
> 
> --Andrew Whitworth
> 
> On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 12:49 AM, Will Coleda via RT
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Thu Jan 11 09:55:40 2007, stmpeters wrote:
>>> On Thu Jan 11 08:57:22 2007, coke wrote:
>>>> Need details.
>>> A recent patch has gotten Parrot to the point that it can be compiled
>>> with Borland C++ on Win32.  Unfortunately, it does not link correctly to
>>> actually create a valid parrot executable.  Additional configuration is
>>> needed to make Borland compile and link Parrot so that it can actually
>>> be run and tested.
>> Without a champion for this compiler, there's not much we can do; Our current targets for
>> Windows include, as I understand it, cygwin, strawberry perl and its build system, and recent
>> versions of VisualC++. Borland isn't in our core list for the upcoming 1.0 release.
>>
>> If we do find a Borland champion, they should open a new ticket at https://trac.parrot.org/.
>>
>> Rejecting this ticket; Regards.

Some time ago, because of this ticket, I tried with Borland C++ 5.5.1
and 5.82, and failed miserably.  But that may just be my bad bcc-foo.
Unless someone's keen for this platform and has access to a fairly new
("within two years") version (is it called C++ Builder now?), I'm not
sure if this is worth pursuing.

Ron