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From: sc151111@seas.gwu.edu (The Time Traveler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.windows.ms,comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! (speed of OS/2)
Message-ID: <3180@sparko.gwu.edu>
Date: 10 May 91 15:45:27 GMT
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In article <1991May9.160718.9381@watson.ibm.com> larrys@yktvmv writes:
>In <j.8ggna@rpi.edu>, yee@aix01.aix.rpi.edu (Crimson Avenger) writes:
>>
>>I am very surprised that IBM is trying to sell OS/2 based on speed.  WHO
>>really cares if Excel for OS/2 outbeat Windows by 30 SECONDS????????????
>
>This is the typical hacker attitude.  Remember, that there are more of
>the "other people" that use OS/2 than hackers, and these "other people"
>want good performance from their machine.  30 seconds to a business

*** FLAME ON ***

Excuse me?!?!?!?  Typical hacker attitude?  I beg to differ!  As a
hacker myself, I can assure you that we are probably more concerned with
performance than everyone else!  After all, who else is better qualified
to write optimized OS/2 programs?  (How many people have books on OS/2
assembly language, huh?)

*** FLAME OFF ***

Anyway, someone else mentioned that the number of seconds saved is not
as important as the percent difference.  I agree.  If 30 seconds is
the savings from something that took a minute, then that means that
OS/2 is twice as fast an Windows (in this one instance).

I wonder if Windows apps running under OS/2's BCL will be any faster than
under Windows itself.  IBM claims that OS/2 2.0 will be a "better Windows
than Windows".

I also wonder if IBM will make OS/2 extensions to the Windows SDK.  "Huh?"
you ask?  How about special Windows functions that work under OS/2 only.
Or is this the same thing as the SMK (Software Migration Kit)?  Imagine
you have a Windows program, and you want to port it over to OS/2.  You
don't have the time or resources to rewrite it, but all you want is to
include a few bells and whistles that make it run a lot smoother.
Introducing: Windows 3/2 SDK.  Includes a few SDK function calls that
parallel the advanced stuff in OS/2, but are still Windows call.  The
only catch is they will only work under the BCL.

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