Hi CHARLES.

17-Dec-03 16:18:00, CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to JASEN BETTS


 CA> 1237e1955672 c_echo

 CA> Hello Jasen -

 CA>>>>> This is just a hiding place for Pascal programmers
waiting for
 CA>>>>> those frequent posts of new Pascal utlities etc. that popup
 CA>>>>> 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 operating
 JB>>>> 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 most but
 JB>> not all of the popular posix system calls are implemented and do
 JB>> something useful.

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

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

it's neither revisionist nor history

 CA> OBERON-ish. (new word _I_ made up)

well if so it's a waste of time talking about it in this echo.

 CA> I know, I was testing you. ;-)

i think you failed.

 -=> Bye <=-

---