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to: Geir_Eivind Mork
from: Allan Mertner
date: 1996-08-11 13:26:24
subject: Re: Speed Pascal

Hej Geir_Eivind!

Tuesday August 06 1996, Geir_Eivind Mork writes to Keith Thomson:

 >> I believe that SpeedPascal uses the 32-bit DOS apis, While VP uses the
 >> 16-Bit DOS api's. i'm not certain tho. I believe the only place where
 >> there is a diff

 GEM> when you talk about api's.. is the Os2 textmode api REALLY 16 bit ?

It is.  Virtual Pascal calls these functions directly, whereas Speed-Pascal
has 32 bit wrapper functions in a DLL that call the 16-bit functions.

Yet another area where the innards of OS/2 could use some brushing up, unfortunately.

Yours,
Allan Mertner
Development Manager, Virtual Pascal for OS/2

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