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- From: andrewb@lynx.cs.washington.edu (Andrew Berg)
- Subject: Re: BC++ OS/2 & AF
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 92 21:10:07 GMT
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- John Reynolds (stimpy@nmt.edu) wrote:
- : >Will BC++ OS/2 support Windows & DOS application Programming
- : >or will I have to buy BC++ 3.1 ?
- : >
- : >Will Borland port the Application FrameWorks over to OS/2 PM?
- : >
- : >It would be real nice to program for windoze using AF
- : >and just change a library or header file and compile for OS/2 PM
- : >Dreaming right? I thought so :)
- :
- : True, rumor is that this won't happen in the first release of BCC++4os2,
- : because they 'want to get the OS/2 part right first.' But, I've also
- : heard they they are working on the class structures to do such a thing.
- : Write a windows app using their class libraries, and 'instantly' port
- : it over to PM. Now that would be sweet!
-
- Seems to me that it would be even better to be able to write a PM app and
- then flick the compiler switch to generate Win apps. I know that I would
- prefer it for the debugging, if nothing else.
-
- (of course if you tried to do anything that Microsoft considers exotic, like
- threads, you'd be stuck...)
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