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Hello Jasen - 

CA>>>> This is just a hiding place for Pascal programmers
CA>>>> waiting for those frequent posts of new Pascal utlities
CA>>>> etc. that popup here from time to time. 

JB>>> I haven't seen any of that here. 

CA>> Stick around, you will. 

JB> on what do you base that claim? 

CA>>>> Possibly I could write one in OBERON? 

JB>>> what use would that be to anyone running a posix-ish
JB>>> operating system? 

CA>> Is there such a thing as a posix-ish operting system? 

JB> It was a word I made up to describe an environment where
JB> most but not all of the popular posix system calls are
JB> implemented and do something useful. 

JB> I would include MS-dos since (version 2 or 3) and things
JB> like Amigados, Tos. etc. and everything that's posix too,
JB> (*nix. NT etc.) 

I don't recall any mention of the word POSIX when MSDOS v2 and
v3 were in use. Are you sure this isn't revisionist history? 

CA>> Is there such a word as "posix-ish"? 

JB> there is now :) 

OK. 

CA>> I was told posix-ish OS were deprecated. 

JB> In favour of what ? 

OBERON-ish. (new word _I_ made up) 

CA>>>> Note: No listing of new C programs are posted here
CA>>>> _ever_. ;-) 

JB>>> do you mean source or announcements ? (I've seen both) 

JB> before making that claim I checked. 

CA>> Again, you're probably thinking of the ASM echo or DRDEGUG? 

JB> there's an ASM echo? 

There is now (I made it up). 

JB> (I see 80XXX but not much traffic) DRDEBUG has also been
JB> quieter than here. 

I know, I was testing you. ;-) 

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