help@kendra.kew.com (Drew Derbyshire - UUPC/extended Help Desk) (09/12/90)
From article <1853@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca>, by sl@van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Stuart Lynne): > Just a footnote here. > > When we did uupc we put everything into one package because we where not > sure that we would be able to find a system() call everywhere (like on the > Mac, Atari, etc). So even though the MS-DOS version could have had separate > programs we made it all in one for portability. > > We would far prefer to have had separate programs allowing them to be > extended. More ramblings, from the other coast .... Actually, I am working on breaking the mailer out from the user agent one of these days; things are getting a tad cramped, although my only real problems are when I run the debugger (I use Turbo Debugger) AND the mail program and the editor. Nor do I mind helping the MUSH porter ... the only real problem is the 128 character limit on argument strings in MS-DOS. Of course, depending on the weather and whether or not KEW (KEW.COM isn't REALLY named after kendra) is around, I work on the UUPC OS/2 port (I had the MUA up under OS/2 1.2 this evening), the UUPC Zenith Z-100 port, Z-100 MS-Kermit, UUPC news ... I wonder how I get anything actually done. :-) I don't consider myself under the same restrictions as the original authors, however, because I do not attempt support outside of my areas of expertise and interest (I own or use a MS-DOS based PC, a Z-100 PC, and an OS/2 based PS/2), so I don't worry about Atrari or Mac restrictions; MS C versus Turbo C++ is quite enough. Drew Derbyshire Internet: help@kendra.kew.com Snail mail: 108 Decatur St, Apt 9 Voice: 617-641-3739 Arlington, MA 02174