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echo: os2prog
to: Rob Landley
from: Tony Belding
date: 1995-05-20 08:42:20
subject: OS/2 Programming

>> I'm already familiar with C programming on other platforms.  It's just
 >> the OS/2 environment that is new to me.

 RL> Ah.  So you need to learn about multi-threading, .DLL's, and PM
 RL> programming.  Those are the major new concepts, I think.  Most of the
 RL> rest is just forgetting old limitations (like "dgroup")

dgroup?  What is a dgroup?

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.

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.

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.

 RL> "Integrated development environment".  I.E. it's the
built in editor
 RL> that you can compile from.

Oh, no big deal then.

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