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echo: os2prog
to: Jonathan de Boyne Pollard
from: Jerry McBride
date: 1995-10-19 08:27:12
subject: BASIC for OS/2

Jonathan de Boyne Pollard wrote in a message to Jeff(Howbie) Howard:

JHH>
   > I'd love to delve into this matter without switching
   > languages.  I've been using QuickBasic Extended (BASIC 7.0)
   > for years, and don't have any interest in learning another
   > language, but I'd love to fully exploit OS/2-s PM stuffs.
JHH>

 JdBP> You may like to try the JOT language then, which is part of JBA 
 JdBP>   Guidelines.  It's syntax is pretty much the same as that of 
 JdBP> Visual BASIC, and (with an appropriate back end) you can 
 JdBP> generate and compile   PM executables and dynamic link 
 JdBP> libraries.  FREQ JBA Guidelines and   from your nearest
 JdBP> Fernwood filebone site and have a play.

Jonathan,

I have that file here as TYGLIN21.ZIP...

Which translates to: Teach Yourself GuideLine IN 21 days. It contains
sample GL code that was formerly VisualBasic tutorial code...

Kinda' neat... 


Jerry McBride

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