PF> Learning both a new language and OS/2 specific programming 
 PF> at the same time would be too distracting.

 JP> Really ? I did just this. I jumped from doing mostly 
 JP> Turbo Pascal and assembly under DOS to a combination 
 JP> of C, C++ and assembly under OS/2, using C Set ++ 2.x 
 JP> and TASM.
 JP> But I wasn't a retiree, I'm just 19 ;)

You're borderline -- but I should probably qualify my statement with
"unless you are very smart,  or under ~21 and driven" :-).

I wouldn't qualify anymore :-(,  but I once did -- and learned a hell of a
lot in a short period.


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