On Jan 04, 1995 at 21:51, Keith Richardson of 3:711/934.6 wrote:

 KR> but then wasn't watcom's service pack nearly as big as an os/2 one? (-8).

Not quite - about half the size (but considering that included fixes for
more than one operating platform, that's not too bad).  ;-)

 KR> for me as more a hacker than a comp sci grad, the better organisation of
 KR> owl was of greater benefit. unfortunately, i think that vc++ and mfc will
 KR> probably prevail eventually, there is a nasty inevitability that if you
 KR> are not bug for bug compatible with M$ you will probably lose out in the
 KR> end (for the time being at least.).

Yeah .. the only reason I'm using MFC is that I wanted results as quickly
as possible without having to learn heaps about the Windows API, first.


    - dave
    d.begley{at}ieee.org

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