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by DaOne256 1002 days ago
More interesting imho is that they also offer a Community Edition of C++Builder: https://www.embarcadero.com/products/cbuilder/starter

Back in the days (~ 25 years ago) it was the standard IDE to use for writing C++ Windows programs. But it was Borland back then iirc before Embarcadero took over.
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signaru 1002 days ago
From what I've heard (from podcasts) the challenge of C++ Builder is catching up with Clang to add their additional C++ language features.
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deaddodo 1001 days ago
That doesn't seem fair. Apple had the same issues with their native clang compiler for a decade; and they were the primary sponsor/host of it.

The open source version will always be bleeding edge compared to any commercially packaged version. C++17 support, in general, is pretty good for a visual editor. IMO, at least.

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jenadine 1001 days ago
They should open source and upstream their patches to clang and llvm, and let the llvm community maintain it.
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nunobrito 1001 days ago
That doesn't pay the bills. Cases of profitable open source projects are very scarce and difficult to achieve.
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jenadine 1001 days ago
I was referring to the changes they made to the compiler in their fork of clang, which makes the "catching up" with upstream clang challenging as they need to rebase.

They can still sell their IDE and runtime libraries.

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signaru 1001 days ago
What they're adding are non standard C++ extensions only used by C++ Builder (properties, etc). There might be little benefit (and just maintenance cost) to upstream those to Clang. Clang also moves fast while it appears C++ Builder is still at C++17 [0].

[0] https://en.cppreference.com/w/cpp/compiler_support/20

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DaOne256 1002 days ago
I also submitted C++Builder: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37520509
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