Subj : Re: Pascal & OS2
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Scott Adams
Date : Thu Oct 07 2004 11:19 pm

 -=> Quoting Sean Dennis to IB Joe <=-

 SD> @MSGID: 1:18/200 412525f6
 SD> Hello, IB.

 SD> On 19 Aug 04 at 12:06, IB Joe wrote to Sean Dennis:
 
 IJ> All the new doors are door32.sys and things seem to be going that way.
 IJ> U'd think it would be easy to get 24 lines of stinking code ported to
 IJ> OS2 ... HAHAHA... NOT!!  But I'll keep trying.

 SD> It depends on what the code is.  If it's assembler, it's not easy to
 SD> port.  Not all doors are DOOR32.SYS either that are being produced. 
 SD> It's mostly laziness because there is an excellent doorkit that can do
 SD> Win32, DOS, OS/2, and Linux doors with a single source if the
 SD> programmer is using Pascal.  If they're using C, they're probably
 SD> using OpenDoors because AFAIK, it's the only doorkit for C available. 
 IJ> While I'm at it... do U know someone who knows someone who can fix
 IJ> this program??

 SD> OS/2-wise in Pascal?  I think there's people in here that can help. 
 SD> But remember, that was written in Delphi.  There may or may not be
 SD> equivalents in Virtual Pascal for Delphi statements. 
 SD> Later,

        Correct.  Delphi requires API calls that only windows does.
        Its not like converting BP which can be tweaked.  I would
        shiver on converting delphi to os/2.  Unless os/2 has the
        same basic api calls it would be a nightmare.  :)
        If I did something I'd have to ask for my professional contract
        fees that I normally require from clients :)  But it
        would not be a fun task at all.

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