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echo: locsysop
to: Paul Edwards
from: Frank Malcolm
date: 1995-12-30 17:31:24
subject: PKTs & QWKs

Hi, Paul.

PE> PE> FM> What, in Pascal? I don't think you'd like that.

PE> PE> I would prefer to see it in C, in case there are any OS/2 users
PE> PE> of it, but if you want to create a dos-only TP version, go right
PE> PE> ahead.  Or organize Bob to release his VB version.  BFN.  Paul.

PE> FM> I thought Bob's version included a whole lot more than just
PE> FM> PKTJOIN/PKT2QWK?

PE> I've no idea.

I thought he'd said that, at one stage.

PE> FM> Anyway, I might do that one day. DOS &/or Windows
versions, anyway. I
PE> FM> believe OS/2 can run both of those for you.

PE> Why not just write it portably in the first place, so that everyone
PE> gets a native version?

Well it would be portable to x86 platforms, at least.

And, as we've discussed before, the advantages to me of being portable
to other platforms are far outweighed by the need to use 'C' to achieve
that.

Regards, FIM.

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