While still spoken of fondly by many who worked on it as an exciting product and a strong move to standards-based C++ rather than custom extensions, based on customer response it was a misstep, and two years later Borland released C++Builder 2006, returning to the classic codebase. Customers wanted what made C++Builder special: the ‘magic’ of the Windows VCL UI library and the language extensions that made creating apps fast, plus the ability to migrate their apps forward. The aim was to be a generic C++ IDE, but the product was not a success. This was a big change in direction for C++: making use of the JBuilder IDE, C++Builder X ran on Windows, Linux and Solaris, and supported the same Borland C++ compiler but also Intel’s, Microsoft’s, or any other. One part of C++Builder history you may not have heard of is C++Builder X, released in September 2003. The C++Builder compiler was ‘the’ compiler to use in the industry, even as GCC and others were working to catch up.īut then came something different. In fact, C++Builder 6 was the first version of C++Builder I used. In 2002, C++Builder 6 was released, widely known as a classic release in terms of features, usability, and popularity. There are many lesser-known but brilliant individuals who should have their names seen! Key people you may have heard of worked on it – but a vast number of people who may be known to you only from the credit Easter Eggs are responsible too. In 1997 the core C++Builder team reported to Jesper Schultz, though the Delphi team were always regarded as part of the C++Builder team: BDS2006 unified in the product what was always the case among the team. Back when C++Builder began, and in fact until 2005 with the release of Borland Developer Studio 2006, Delphi shipped first and the equivalent C++Builder version shipped shortly after. While today C++Builder and Delphi are shipped together in the one multi-language IDE, RAD Studio, that wasn’t always the case. Don’t quote this in Wikipedia: it’s hand-wavy but what we do know for sure is that C++Builder was immensely successful. While I don’t have access to 1997’s sales numbers, some back-of-the-envelope math based on the memories of someone from that time indicates it may have sold at or close to the low six figures in terms of numbers of copies in the first eighteen months: an immense sales number for the time.
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