> dgroup?  What is a dgroup?

Old dos limitation that doesn't apply to OS/2.

> My Amiga supports multi-threading, but I've never messed with it because it
> takes some work.  I am guessing that's easier to do with OS/2.

Just a function call and the compiler should take care of most of the rest
for you.  You'll have to learn sempahores to really USE them, though.

> PM means Presentation Manager, right?  I've already done GUI programming on
> the ST and Amiga, so that shouldn't be any big problem to pick up.

Never did amiga GUI programming, but the concepts are fairly simple.

> What is a DLL?  Oh wait!  Is that anything like our dynamic libraries on the
> Amiga?  If so, that should be easy enough to pick up.

Bingo.  Dynamic Link Library: DLL.

>  RL> "Integrated development environment".  I.E. it's the
built in editor
>  RL> that you can compile from.
> 
> Oh, no big deal then.

Yeah, but you miss it when you don't have it.  Doesn't affect the finished
product, though.

Rob
 
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