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From: bc@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Crews)
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Subject: Re: Turbo Prolog, Borland, & Generic Versions
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Date: Tue, 17-Jun-86 12:53:58 EDT
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> > As a consequence of the packages emphasis on using the PC efficiently,
> > I think a generic MSDOS version, while not impossible, would be 
> > *very* hard because the (screen) I/O  is optimized for the IBM PC.
> > 
> > Rich.
> 
> It is a fine idea to exploit the PC capabilities to the max ... I have
> no problem with that.  But since many of us must run MS-DOS (TI's, DEC's,
> Fujitsu's, etc.) we would be happy having just the "bare" compiler, linker,
> etc. without having to have them tied together with windows and such.
> 
> /kim

Besides, smart use of DOS screen I/O (like, for instance, using nansi.sys
and large, raw writes to DOS) can net the application developer screen I/O
that approaches the speed of direct screen update.  And it can be portable!
You'd be surprised.
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