Murray Lesser said to all:

ML>     In case there is anyone out there besides me who is still
ML> using the vintage-1990 MS BASIC PDS v 7.1 compiler running as a
ML> "native OS/2" application (not in a VDM!):
ML> 
ML>     I made a small test of the DATE$ function (compiled and linked for
ML> both real (VDM) and protected (native OS/2) modes with my system
ML> clock cranked up a year.  The full source code of TEST.BAS was:
ML> PRINT DATE$. Both versions returned 11-16-2000, something that was
ML> not really expected!
ML> 
ML>     So, two of my often-used very-old utilities are Y2K safe, so I don't
ML> have to rewrite them in PL/I during the next month and a half :-).
ML> 
ML>     Just shows that MS once was able to do things right!
ML> 

Yes, I still use mine heavily--3 commercial programs in use now, which
I am still supporting.  But, I run it in a VDM on Warp 4 and only
generate DOS .exe's, which my clients run on Win 95/NT.  I know you can
generate VIO programs with it, but I went to rexx for that type of thing
because PDS essentially becomes a text program generator in that mode of
operation.

But, surprise, surprise.  How do you run it as an OS/2 application?

Fred Springfield
Plymouth, MN


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