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From: ander@pawl.rpi.edu (Michael R. Primm)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2
Subject: Re: what are you doing with OS/2???
Summary: I LIKE IT!
Keywords: OS/2 using enjoying
Message-ID: <1989Oct19.143604.21001@rpi.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 89 14:36:04 GMT
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Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY
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   As a 1-month veteran of OS/2, I'm still trying to gather the critical mass
of applications I need to totally drop the DOS box (which i'll probably keep
around for occasional games, in any case).  Even so, what I've found really
nice is being able to have a ray tracer (QRT, which I ported to OS/2) running 
while I'm also doing a 30 minute compile, while I'm running a communications 
program, and not having the communications program (or editor, for that matter)
effectively grind to a halt while doing this (a la Windows/286).  Also, 
being able to write a simple but usable communications program in about 3 hours
(with the help of my trusty "Advanced OS/2 Programming" book), and having that
program be less than 100 lines of C, makes quite an impression.
   Right now, if you're a programmer, OS/2 is a ball compared to DOS (and 
UN*X, since there are much more available references for purchase).  Threads
are easy to use and much more useful than fork()ing around :-).  Overall, there
are lots and lots of very usable and interesting services just waiting to be
used ( a refreshing change, if you're a DOS developer ).
                                                       --Mike Primm

BTW, has anyone out there gotten 1.2??  How is HPFS??  What other features 
have been packaged with 1.2??