bert@helix.nih.gov (Bert Tyler) (06/13/91)
Folks, I just received a new magazine/catalogue from Programmers' Paradise. Methinks either there has been some sort of release/timing foulup or I have had my head in the sand for too long, because that magazine/catalogue contains an article by Stew Chapin (billed as the fellow who heads the product marketing for Microsoft's Language/Tools group) that goes into great detail about three new Microsoft products for Windows developers - two of which I've never heard about (the third is Visual Basic). 1) New QuickWin libraries that will let you convert your ANSI/K&R C programs or ANSI/VAX FORTRAN programs into Windows programs merely by relinking them. As Stew point out, they won't be "windows-looking" WinApps, but they *will* be WinApps - and bye, bye 640K limit. Also, Stew points out that any code that bypasses the standard libraries and writes to the hardware is, in his words, "a show-stopper". Direct quote coming up - "The FORTRAN version of the QuickWin Library will be bundled with the upcoming Windows-enabled release of Microsoft FORTRAN, with a suggested retail price of $450... the C version of the QuickWin Library will ship later this summer" [no price given]. 2) A new Quick-C for Windows, that Stew bills as "The world's first totally GUI-hosted development environment for Windows C programmers" - he never mentions it by name, but an accompanying graphic has the name "QuickC for Windows" in the menu bar. Editor, C-Compiler, debugger, and other goodies (including a CASE product!) are all WinApps. The bulk of the article was about this product, and there are a lot of goodies in it. The debugger shares the single-monitor Windows screen with its WinApp, for instance. The "compiler technology" is identical to that in the "/qc" option of MSC 6.0, and existing code can me moved between those two environments at will. This product "will ship later this summer" [no price given]. Comments? Bert Tyler bert@helix.nih.gov