Re: VB for DOS

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From: Dick O'Connor
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 14:39

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hlr@aber.ac.uk (Hazel Marie Davey) writes:

>Dear Basic Users,

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>(3) With the discussions of compatibility in this news group coming to the
>    conclusion that new Basic's from Microsoft should be compatible with
>    current versions of C can we conclude that this will apply to 
>    VB for Dos? In particular is it compatible with DOS applications written
>    in QuickC for Windows? i.e can I write a front end in VB for Dos and LINK
>    rather than SHELL to my number crunching C program?

OR, (in my case), link to my serious Fortran number-crunching programs?  (C is
fine and all that, he said, nimbly ducking flames, but sometimes there's
nothing like Fortran for real computations!! :)  :)  etc.)  I'm using MS
Fortran 5.1, btw.


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"Moby" Dick O'Connor                         djo7613@u.washington.edu 
Washington Department of Fisheries           *I brake for salmonids*

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