woody@nntp-server.caltech.edu (William Edward Woody) (06/27/91)
>>>There will be no other operating system for the 90s other >>>than DOS (at least for the first half!). >> >>I beg to differ, John. Unix is going to be a major player in the >>Operating System game of the 90's. I'm actually surprised at how long > >Very true. However, Borland is working with IBM to develop an OS/2 >32-bit compiler for version 2.0 Actually, who cares what the operating system for the 90's is, so long as the API are similar enough so that I can take my application of the 90's and get it to work on them. Of course 32-bit flat addressing would certainly help; my biggest bugaboo is working with Windows 3.0 or DOS; I don't like _near pointers verses _far pointers; it makes live very painful (especially with C++)... -- Bill -- William Edward Woody | Disclamer: USNAIL P.O.Box 50986; Pasadena, CA 91115 | EMAIL woody@tybalt.caltech.edu | The useful stuff in this message ICBM 34 08' 44''N x 118 08' 41''W | was only line noise.