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From: car@public.BTR.COM (Carlos Rimola-Sarti  car@btr.com)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
Subject: Re: Porting from Unix to OS/2
Message-ID: <3152@public.BTR.COM>
Date: 22 Jun 91 01:09:55 GMT
References: <3126@public.BTR.COM> <1991Jun21.144327.18895@watson.ibm.com>
Organization: Communications Solutions, Inc. (CSI)  Mountain View, California
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In article <1991Jun21.144327.18895@watson.ibm.com> larrys@ibmman writes:
>
>You're creating more trouble than you would be saving by not redesigning
>the application.  I thought I read (some time ago) that one of the Unix
>companies (MKS?) wrote a fork() for OS/2, but I can't remember for sure.
>

You can't say which way is more or less trouble without looking at
the code.  Each application will have different OS dependencies.

In general, yes - redesigning the application is the way to go.  As I
stated, in my case the application is throw away code and I just wanted
to get it running quickly and with minimal effort.  Emulating fork()
helped me accomplish this.  

In any case, my posting was mainly due to my interest in the general 
subject of porting between Unix <-> OS/2 and/or writing code that 
is easily portable between the two.  A discussion comparing interfaces
and how they map to each other should be helpful to anyone who has
to deal with developing for both systems.  (see followup article).

I don't think MKS has such product.  Someone else mentioned a company
called ARGOSOFT that does.  I plan to give them a call soon. 

>Cheers,
>Larry Salomon, Jr. (aka 'Q')            LARRYS@YKTVMV.BITNET
>OS/2 Applications and Tools             larrys@ibmman.watson.ibm.com
>IBM T.J. Watson Research Center         larrys@eng.clemson.edu
>Yorktown Heights, NY
>
>Disclaimer:  The statements and/or opinions stated above are strictly my
>own and do not reflect the views of my employer.  Additionally, I have a
>reputation for being obnoxious, so don't take any personal attacks too
>seriously.

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