Re: Linking in C code with QB.

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From: Tom Boutell
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1992 20:46

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In article <1992Aug11.182615.19919@microsoft.com> philco@microsoft.com (Phillip Cooper) writes:
>In other words, when QB 4.5 was released, QC 2.10 was the current
>version of QuickC.  QuickC 2.5 was just a twinkle in our language
>developer's eyes. :)  Obviously, it would be a little difficult to
>ensure compatability with a product that didn't even exist!
>

True.

But ensuring that QC 2.5 could have backward compatibility with
QB 4.5, which *did* exist, would have been possible.

It seems more likely it just wasn't a priority.

In light of the fact that the PDS is being offered pretty cheaply
right now, though, it actually doesn't "suck" quite as much as I initially
thought, so I don't see the decision as callous neccessarily. It just
would've been a good idea to keep 2.5 backward - compatible, or
simply do a maintenance upgrade of QB 4.5 to meet it.

-- 
Tom Boutell, boutell@cshl.org

Clausthaler is the best non - alcoholic beer in the known universe.

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