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From: daveharv@pro-novapple.UUCP (Dave Harvey)
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Subject: Re:Hyper-C <--> KIX
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Date: 6 Mar 89 19:41:45 GMT
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Writes:
 cup.portal.com!salt (avram rudy vener):


>The advantage of KIX is that it is a true operating system, and works
>very much like UNIX (R).   The Kyan version of Pascal allows you to 

>compile both library dependant BIN files and independant SYSTEM files.
>They also allow embedded assembly code which neatly takes care of any 

>limitations inherent in Pascal (many!).   

>Normally I prefer C.  But for the Apple, there just wasn't one good 
enough.
>KIX works only on ProDOS systems.  You cannot use it with DOS 3.3. 
  I avoided
>this problem by simply not buying any DOS 3.3 software :-)

>Rudy

Could you provide some more info about KIX?  How does it handle the 
quit code when exiting from an application?  i.e. Do you have to type 
in a pathname like in normal ProDOS? 
 
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