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[Paulo Pinto]

On Wednesday, 7 August 2019 at 06:26:34 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 8/6/2019 7:23 PM, Mike Parker wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 7 August 2019 at 00:36:19 UTC, Exil wrote:
>>> On Tuesday, 6 August 2019 at 23:55:11 UTC, Walter Bright 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The imminent failure of Zortech C++ was also constantly 
>>>> predicted by pretty much everyone, meanwhile Zortech was 
>>>> pretty successful.
>>>
>>> They weren't wrong, Zortech C++ doesn't exist anymore. While 
>>> C++ is still going strong.
>> 
>> Zortech was bought by Symantec and they rebranded the compiler 
>> to Symantec C++. It's now Digital Mars C++, still very much 
>> alive, and the backend was reused in DMD.
>
> Not only that, Zortech C++ is the reason C++ itself reached the 
> tipping point and became mainstream.

Sorry to say it like this, but Zortech wasn't relevant in Europe, 
if at all.

I got introduced to C++ via Turbo C++ 1.0 and it was all Borland, 
Microsoft and Metrowerks from there on.

For us early C++ adopters in the Iberian Penisula, Zortech was 
only seen on magazine ads.