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- From: strobl@gmd.de (Wolfgang Strobl)
- Subject: Re: Macintosh bigots
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- Date: Sun, 15 Nov 1992 19:20:20 GMT
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- In <92320.121834MXD118@psuvm.psu.edu> Spiro the Spiny Goldfish <MXD118@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
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- >In article <Bxr2Br.Fqw@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, cole@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Sandra
- >Stewart-Cole) says:
- >>
- >>hmm... can you REALLY create a program in DOS or Windows that demands a 1Mb
- >>heap and never be concerned with the odd little boundary problems in memory?
- >>Speaking from direct experience, I can assure you that writing a Mac program
- >>with such demands really DOES mean transparency for memory. If there is a way
- >>to have similar ease (i.e. never notice that you are using so much space) in
- >>Windows or especially in DOS, I'd love to know what development package allows
- >>it.
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- >You can in OS/2 2.0, but not in DOS or Windows.
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- Not true. Just use one of the 32 bit Compilers (Zortech, Watcom)
- and a 386 DOS extender. Zortech comes with a royality free one.
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- Wolfgang Strobl
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