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From: ForthNet@willett.UUCP (ForthNet articles from GEnie)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth
Subject: FORTH & OS/2
Message-ID: <1293.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jul 90 03:01:13 GMT
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 Date: 07-06-90 (17:54)              Number: 3475 (Echo)
   To: JACK WOEHR                    Refer#: NONE
 From: RAY DUNCAN                      Read: NO
 Subj: UR/FORTH                      Status: PUBLIC MESSAGE

 We have just gotten the 2nd prerelease of OS/2 2.0 and the new version
 seems much more stable.  The performance is also much better.  We have a
 32-bit version of 80386 UR/FORTH underway for OS/2 2.0, but we don't
 plan to release it until the retail OS/2 2.0 is released too (this is
 our only assurance that the system has been sufficiently stabilized). 
 Although MS and IBM have previously stated that retail OS/2 2.0 would be
 shipped in 1990, we don't believe this will happen.  We don't expect to
 see retail OS/2 2.0 until 2nd or 3rd qtr 1991, although I guess it's
 possible IBM might ship some buggy version on December 31 just to meet
 their previous promises on paper.

 In the near term we see Windows 3 as a more viable target for
 developers.  The ability of Win 3 to support protected mode apps and
 provide demand paged virtual memory (when running on a 386) will meet
 most users' needs for now, and the transition from DOS to DOS+Win3 is a
 lot less frightening to end users than the transition from DOS to OS/2.

 NET/Mail : LMI Forth Board, Los Angeles, CA (213) 306-3530             
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