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From: gus@plains.NoDak.edu (jim gustafson)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.desqview
Subject: Re: (Did you say Os/2 ?) (was Re: DV386 HOROR STORIES?)
Message-ID: <10920@plains.NoDak.edu>
Date: 21 Jun 91 23:20:24 GMT
Organization: North Dakota State University  Fargo, ND
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Naji Mouawad writes:
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|	[the wonders of os2 espoused] 
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|I know, but I would like to know how many of you would
|give Os/2 a look or a shot, or if some of you did hear 
|infos conserning Os/2 which are not as rosy as the one
|I am presenting.
|
According to an interview with Jensen of TopSpeed Modula-2 fame, 
the Jensen Inc. folks have been using os2 for compiler development 
for some time (at least a couple of years).  

Jensen reported that os2's protected mode was great for tracing stray
pointers, and that os2 could provide a powerful development environment 
by running symbolic debuggers in separate "windows" alongside code, etc.

I guess if somebody /gave/ my a copy of os2 (joke), I'd probably spin it up, 
but I won't pay for the beasty until a mature version arrives (1-2 years?).
With sufficient resources, I expect that os2 will run faster than you
know what (of course, by then os2 still won't do X-Windows).

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