If you hold down Ctrl+Shift whilst Delphi 7 starts, it chooses the splash screen randomly from the normal one and an alternative group photo shot.
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The C++Builder 6 Easter Eggs are much the same as those found in Delphi 4, but without Alt+CHUCK.
Additionally, it has these.
Run the command-line compiler with the undocumented -Team command-line switch, and the compiler team is listed:
C:\Tools\CBuilder6\Bin>bcc32 -Team Borland C++ 5.6 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 Borland
It's the compiler team!
John Wiegley Eli Boling Yooichi Tagawa Dawn Perchik Mark Alexander Lee Cantey Maurice Barnum Alastair Fyfe
Requesting help for the non-existent command-line compiler options me or me! gives an unexpected response: C:\Tools\CBuilder6\Bin>bcc32 -help me Borland C++ 5.6.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 Borland But I'm having too much fun!
C:\Tools\CBuilder6\Bin>bcc32 -help me! Borland C++ 5.6.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 Borland But I'm having too much fun!
C:\Tools\CBuilder6\Bin>
Use of the undocumented #pragma curious_george directive in a source file gives you a special message.
#pragma curious_george int main() { return 0; } C:\Tools\CBuilder6\Bin>bcc32 egg.cpp Borland C++ 5.6.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 Borland egg.cpp: No eating puzzle pieces! Turbo Incremental Link 5.62 Copyright (c) 1997, 2002 Borland
C:\Tools\CBuilder6\Bin> This message will only be displayed in the IDE if the Show general messages option on the Compiler page of the project options dialog is checked.
Use of the undocumented #pragma gpfault prettyplease directive in a source file gives you what you ask for.
#pragma gpfault prettyplease int main() { return 0; } E:\Tools\CBuilder6\Bin>bcc32 egg.cpp Borland C++ 5.6.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 Borland c:egg.cpp: Fatal F1004 c:egg.cpp 3: Internal compiler error at 0x4208b2 with base 0x400000 Fatal F1004 c:egg.cpp 3: Internal compiler error This option appears to be used to test the resilience of the IDE against Access Violations. If you compile a source file like this in the IDE, the initial compilation and any use of Code Completion (which invokes a partial background compilation) will give similar errors.
Use of the undocumented #pragma keeka directive in a source file gives you a special message when compiling with the command-line compiler.
Keeka: Simply the best darn cat in the Universe. Turbo Incremental Link 5.62 Copyright (c) 1997-2002 Borland
C:\Tools\CBuilder6\Bin>
When attempting to use the using directive on an overloaded conversion operator, and compiling with the command-line compiler, you get an unexpected assertion: class C1 { public: operator int() const { return 1; } };
class C2: public C1 { public: using C1::operator int; };
C:\Tools\CBuilder6\Bin>bcc32 egg.cpp Borland C++ 5.6.1 for Win32 Copyright (c) 1993, 2002 Borland egg.cpp: Assertion failed egg.cpp(14) : "sure, will implement using for conversions one day" at c:\helena\bcc\indep\cppdecl.c(5537)
Invoke the About box with Help | About..., then hold down Alt whilst typing GUNGLA. This shows Tequila Joe Monkey on a surfboard. It also has a short musical accompaniment that is a section of the sound track from The Hamster Dance web site, http://www.hamsterdance.com. Apparently, Gungla comes from the film CaddyShack where Bill Murray is talking about the Dali Lama. One of the C++Builder developers likes using this word...
Set the environment variable SHOW_RTLDLL_VERSION to 1 and the C++ RTL DLL (CC3260MT.dll) will give you information on its location and version and which application is loading it. It also asks if you wish to continue, or abort.
If you hold down Ctrl+Shift whilst C++Builder 6 starts, it chooses the splash screen randomly from the normal one and an alternative group photo shot.
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