foss@iris.ucdavis.edu (Jim Alves-Foss) (06/15/90)
OK, here is the $64 question.
Microsoft offers the SDK for Windows at a cost some people complain about.
The Whitewater Group offers Actor with a good educational discount.
Will either, or both of these Kits enable us to "painlessly" write
application software in: Fortran(yes I know), Basic, C, Assembly,
Pascal and other favorites? (Icon, Lisp,...) Is the resulting code royalty
free and distributable?
I assume that they use a PASCAL calling convention which can be defined in
the MS compilers (how 'bout Borland's or others?).
If not, (or even if they can) is there ANY source which describes the RAW
interface to Windows? By this I mean the actual interrupt and function numbers,
the structure of the arguments passed, and what Windows does with these.
I assume the Whitewater Group has them. I hope Microsoft has them.
Are they available to the public (especially without signing non-disclosure
agreements).
-Jim Alves-Foss (foss@iris.ucdavis.edu) /* Of course these are MY opinions */
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