Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!NOBERGEN.BITNET!SINBV From: SINBV@NOBERGEN.BITNET ("Bjoern Asle VALDE +47 21 32 46", 5) Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2 Subject: re: MS-Windows meets MODULA-2 Message-ID: Date: 16 Feb 89 12:46:05 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Modula2 List Organization: The Internet Lines: 13 X-Unparsable-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 89 11:59:16 EMT The JPI compiler does indeed generate the prolog/epilog code neccesary to interface to the Ms Windows toolkit. Some time ago I had the same idea as you, and spent some days to get `hello world` (in different releases with bug-fixes :-) up and running using JPI. I concluded that although you can make it work fairly easy, is it not recommended for serious work. Read: If you are planning to do something really usefull you would be better of sticking to C (eventually). My oppinion was confirmed by Nigel H. (programmer par excelance at JPI) in a comment he made at BIX a few weeks ago. He also stated that they (JPI) had no intention of changing this situasion in the near future. Regards; _Bjorn "Bruk hakapikken paa Lindberg!!"