Charles Stephenson wrote in a message to Jerry McBride:

 > As far as I canfind, there is no "qbasic" or work-a-like
for os2. I do 
 > believe that PDS from MicroSoft will generate os2 specific code, but how 
 > well, I don't know. Also, POWERSOFT (makers of PowerBasic) have been 
 > hinting of an os2 native of their product for what seems like years now 
 > and... nothing!

 CS> That's pretty bad, since Qbasic is easier to learn than C.   

I agree, very sad. There is an os2 basic that I like very much, but it's
not a compiler, it's GUI only and does not support serial I/O and no links
to .dll's, named Liberty Basic. Who knows, maybe oneday this will evolve to
something useful. At least I hope so!

 > I would suggest to you, what I'm doing... learning the C language... 
 > there's a veritable HORDE of os2 c compilers that work beautifully "out 
 > there"...

 CS> I think that'll be my next investment.  Watcom C.  I've seen a 
 CS> few products  made with it, and they all seem pretty stable.  I 
 CS> use a few. 

Me too, Charles. Os/2 is one of them... :')



Jerry McBride 
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