mondomon@athena.mit.edu (Allan S. MacKinnon Jr.) (02/19/91)
Have there been any more favorable reviews of OS/2 SE 1.3 besides the one in BYTE? It was a little skimpy, but it was the first time I can remember an unnasty review of OS/2 (besides 2.0). Does anyone have some stats on how many active OS/2 users there are? And how does this compare to Windows 3.0? 1:4? 1:5? And one more thing, does anyone use Modula-2 under OS/2. If so, what compiler - JPI, StonyBrook... ? Thanks a million, Allan MacKinnon
d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se (Mikael Wahlgren) (02/19/91)
In article <1991Feb18.194514.7586@athena.mit.edu> mondomon@athena.mit.edu (Allan S. MacKinnon Jr.) writes: >And one more thing, does anyone use Modula-2 under OS/2. If so, what >compiler - JPI, StonyBrook... ? I use the JPI TopSpeed Modula-2 (revision 2) which I am extremely satisfied with. Mikael Wahlgren d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se
tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) (02/19/91)
> mondomon@athena.mit.edu (Allan S. MacKinnon Jr.) writes: >> And one more thing, does anyone use Modula-2 under OS/2. If so, what >> compiler - JPI, StonyBrook... ? Mikael Wahlgren <d9mikael@dtek.chalmers.se> writes: > I use the JPI TopSpeed Modula-2 (revision 2) which I am extremely satisfied > with. Also, I have used Logitech Modula-2 and MultiScope extensively. I will say that I was quite unhappy with the stability of the product, with the quality of the documentation and with the expertise of the support. If you want Modula-2, don't buy Logitech. [ \tom haapanen --- university of waterloo --- tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu ] [ "i don't even know what street canada is on" -- al capone ]
jwohl@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (Jeremy Wohl) (02/20/91)
In article <1991Feb18.194514.7586@athena.mit.edu> mondomon@athena.mit.edu (Allan S. MacKinnon Jr.) writes: >Does anyone have some stats on how many active OS/2 users there are? >And how does this compare to Windows 3.0? 1:4? 1:5? 300,000 (or so) as of middle of '90 (this from IBM Developer's journal). They said then that they wanted a million or a million more (I'm not sure which) users for '91. -- Jeremy Wohl / wohl@max.physics.sunysb.edu / jwohl@csserv1.ic.sunysb.edu
conrad@cavebbs.gen.nz (Conrad Bullock) (02/20/91)
In article <1991Feb18.194514.7586@athena.mit.edu> mondomon@athena.mit.edu (Allan S. MacKinnon Jr.) writes: >And one more thing, does anyone use Modula-2 under OS/2. If so, what >compiler - JPI, StonyBrook... ? I use Logitech Modula-2 v1.3w at work, and Stonybrook V2.1 at home - they're both pretty good, but the Stonybrook compiler produces the better code, while I prefer the Logitech tools. The next version of Logitech's compiler (due a couple of months ago), is apparently a licenced version of Stonybrook's compiler, supplied with Logitech libraries and tools. Oops, sorry, Logitech's compiler/debugger etc is made by Multiscope Inc (a Logitech company) now. -- Conrad Bullock, Domain: conrad@cavebbs.gen.nz The Cave MegaBBS, BBS Ph: + 64 4 643-429 Wellington, New Zealand.
Conrad.Bullock@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Conrad Bullock) (02/21/91)
In article <1991Feb19.150300.9323@watserv1.waterloo.edu>, tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes: |> Also, I have used Logitech Modula-2 and MultiScope extensively. I will |> say that I was quite unhappy with the stability of the product, with the |> quality of the documentation and with the expertise of the support. If |> you want Modula-2, don't buy Logitech. I must disagree there - we found some problems in Logitech's compiler, but when we reported them, they were fixed, and we were sent updates (free - couriered to New Zealand). We are currently running V1.3w of the compiler, and it is very stable. We've never had a protection violation or any bad code with this version, and we've found Logitech's (and now Multiscope's) support very good. -- Conrad Bullock | Domain: conrad@comp.vuw.ac.nz Victoria University of Wellington, | or: conrad@actrix.co.nz New Zealand. | Fidonet: 3:771/160 | BBS: The Cave BBS +64 4 643429