Jan Van Eeden wrote in a message to Louis Rizzuto:

 JVE> but don`t try to write  a GUI application. Your learning curve 
 JVE> for this compiler is about  6 months to 1.3 years.

?!? It took me about 4 weeks to completely understand the IOCL 

 JVE>  1. You can either consider writing an OS2 application in Visual
 JVE> Age  C/C++ using resource editors, and that crap, taking you at
 JVE> least  5 months.

I'm curious where you got your numbers from, since they are pure
nonsense... With VAC++ you can develop complex applications in a
very, very short time. 

 JVE>  2. You can evaluate another compiler, so far the best compiler
 JVE> for  OS2 I have ever seen is Speed Pascal, it`s brilliant! 
 JVE> Pitty IBM does not learn from these people.

What makes Speed Pascal superior to VAC++ in your eyes? I agree, that
- although beeing a Pascal compiler - Speed Pascal is not a bad 
choice, but I believe that it cannot compete with VAC++ in any way.

 JVE>  3. Consider writing your applications for Windows.

I will rather not comment this ;->

Tschuess,
  Steffen 
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