On Saturday, 1994-08-27  Ann Tecklenburg wrote to Anis Ahmad about "I
need info" as follows:

AT> The truth is that you will really need to learn C or C++ to 
AT> get along well in any OS/2 programming.  The OS/2 API's are 
AT> C/C++---you are going to have a very difficult time 
AT> programming for OS/2 in assembly and won't gain much.  Even 
AT> OS/2 device drivers are about 95% C these days. Why?  
AT> Programmer efficiency and debugging.   I know colleges 
AT> still haven't warmed up to C but its just because the 
AT> instructors are way behind the times.

Hi Anne and Anis,

It is NOT necessary to use C/C++ to program under OS/2. You can use
the mainframe languages like COBOL, PL/I and FORTRAN without any
problems (other than those you code yourself).

The API is actually prepared for the lowest common denominator of
language power, Pascal. It is not written exclusively for C/C++. I have
no problems calling API routines from PL/I.

Regards

Dave

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