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- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 04:37:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec27.015256.7567@sequent.com> furballs@sequent.com (Paul Penrod) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec25.163338.29576@tc.cornell.edu> bai@msiadmin.cit.cornell.edu (Dov Bai-MSI Visitor) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec25.102400.13417@donau.et.tudelft.nl> linstee@dutecaj.et.tudelft.nl (Erik van Linstee) writes:
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- >>Does not the DOS programmer need to know about segment:offset
- >>addressing, what memory model to use, and when ? Can one program
- >>effectively on DOS without that knowledge ?
- >>
- >
- >Yes, one can, as long as one understands the limitiations between
- >applications development in the true portable sense, and the
- >virtual machine layer that interfaces into the OS and hardware. XED
- >was ported to DOS this way. I know, I did the port. The
- >applications layer was completely unaware of DOS, and compiled to
- >run on 17 other UNIX platforms form the same set of source.
- >
-
- I think that you and Erik are missing my point. The question is
- not whether it is _possible_ to write some (or even most)
- applications without knowledge of the system. Or what is the best
- paradigm for programming applications. The question is whether
- knowledge of system is beneficial to a _good_ competent application
- programmer. I am willing to bet that most _competent_ application
- programmer have very good knowledge of the system and do take advantage
- of it.
-
- Also, while it is possible to use libraries, dont forget that these
- libraries are not free. Not every programmer is able or willing
- to spend money on them. I am not sure at all these shareware writers
- are in a financial situation to spend on it.
-
-