Monday February 27 1995, Peter Fitzsimmons writes to Jay Pansing:

 JP>> I also plan on using C/C++ for this. My question is should I learn to
 JP>> program for DOS first then learn OS/2 or start right off with OS/2?
 JP>> I'm thinking OS/2 but was wondering if I would miss some valuable
 JP>> fundamentals by not using DOS.

 PF> Great question.

 PF> Answer: OS/2 programming is easier than dos.

 PF> OS/2's protected memory helps find (especially for the c/c++ programmer)
 PF> nasty bugs that would corrupt memory under DOS,  possibly going unnoticed
 PF> for seconds, days, weeks or years.

 PF> OS/2's virtual memory means you rarely have to worry how big your program
 PF> is.

 PF> OS/2 2+'s flat memory (ie:32 bit) model means you never have to worry
 PF> about 64k segments,  640k memory barriers,  or loading segment registers
 PF> (if you don't understand this,  GOOD!,  you don't have to anymore!).

But when you try to find a beginners book for C they invariably expect you
to be using Microsoft C or Borland C and all the examples are DOS
orientated :-(.

BTW whatever happened to the book you were going to write?

John

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