Borland 5.8 compiler

[don lowenstein]

I have used Borland 5.5.1 compiler for many years.
I noticed on the xHarbour.org website they have a version for Borland 5.8 compiler.

is there any benefit from the 5.8 over the 5.5.1 compiler?

[Enrico Maria Giordano]

Nothing visible but it surely have many bug fixes. And, by the way, you have to use it with the new FWH releases.

EMG

[andijahja]

The visible difference maybe the linker (ilink32.exe).
In some (rare) cases, BCC 5.5's linker failed to link an application, complaining something like "access violation" .
BCC 5.8 has the "best" linker among 5.5 up to 6.2 because even the 6.2's version sometimes failed for no obvious reason.

[andijahja]

The visible difference maybe the linker (ilink32.exe).
In some (rare) cases, BCC 5.5's linker failed to link an application, complaining something like "access violation" .
BCC 5.8 has the "best" linker among 5.5 up to 6.2 because even the 6.2's version sometimes failed for no obvious reason.

Latest info, it seems that BCC 6.3 which comes bundled with Embarcadero RAD Studio XE brings some improvement to the compiler. Inappropriate codes which compilable with the lower version and even compilable with MSVS 10, are now rejected by BCC 6.3.

[don lowenstein]

Where can I download Borland 5.8 compiler?

[Antonio Linares]

Don,

http://www.fivetechsoft.com/files/software/bcc582.zip