Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!samsung!umich!caen.engin.umich.edu!chrisl From: chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Stability of Commodore/Amiga Keywords: Unix, Amiga, OS/2, DOS Message-ID: <49055ed8.1a5bf@moth.engin.umich.edu> Date: 6 Mar 90 00:15:00 GMT References: <476087196@deimos.cis.ksu.edu> <19000039@attcc.UUCP> <2840@mtuni.ATT.COM> <676@xdos.UUCP> <3881@nmtsun.nmt.edu> <48ffd21f.db93@edsel.engin.umich.edu> <3883@nmtsun.nmt.edu> Organization: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Lines: 27 In article <3883@nmtsun.nmt.edu> dksnsr@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Dr. Mosh) writes: >In article <48ffd21f.db93@edsel.engin.umich.edu> chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (Chris Lang) writes: >>OS/2 is a very programmer-friendly environment. The only thing that isn't >>friendly is the CLI, and that's because it mimcs the DOS CLI. The OS/2 kernel >>and PM are both very powerful and ratheer easy to use. > >I don't know if I could say OS/2 is more programmer friendly, as far as >memory management goes, it is more organized since OS/2 uses contiguous >spaces of memory compared to the chunks that Amiga's Exec does... but that >is not necessarily an advantage either... Well, memory management on any Intel 80x86 chip is bound to be less than friendly, due to the retarded segment scheme we all love to hate. But, the fact remains that I can write a program in 15 minutes for OS/2 to do basic windowing with some very powerful capabilities...the same program on the Amiga could take (???). On the other hand, if I want to squeeze every last bit of performance out of my machine, I can do that with AmigaDOS. Fat chance with OS/2. -Chris ----- Chris Lang University of Michigan, College of Engineering home: 4622 Bursley work: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Ann Arbor, MI 48109 900 Victors Way, Suite 226 (313) 763-1832 Ann Arbor, MI 48108 chrisl@caen.engin.umich.edu (313) 995-0300 "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson