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Article #506Can someone at IBM please explain why developers should develop for OS/2?
From: Tim Francis
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:02
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 19:02
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In article <1992Jul24.182822.24148@hellgate.utah.edu>,
brian%jensen.cs.utah.edu@cs.utah.edu (Brian Sturgill) writes:
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> <Long post removed for brevity>
Brian, you make several good points, and I sympathize with the trouble
you've been having. I have posted your item internally, but have no idea
what (or even if) the response will be.
Let me address a couple of items:
- You found a bug in the optimizer, but didn't report it.
We here in C Set (and WorkFrame) development pride ourselves on
quick response to customer concerns, especially when they uncover
a bug. Compiler bugs are worked immediately, and if necessary we will
fed-ex a fix out to you. There is a compiler CSD available already
(came out last week), so your problem may already be fixed; failing
that we'll get some details from you, and start work on it immediately.
(I'll be contacting you off-line).
- Your desire for C++ and a profiler.
Please understand that a "new, open IBM" does imply that we should lay
_all_ our plans on the table - this is a competitive market. You are
asking me for specific details about a future, unannounced version of
our product, and I just can't comment in that sort of detail.
Trust me: * Your concerns (and wishes) are being listened to.
* C Set/2 is a fully supported compiler, still undergoing
development and enhancments.
* _I_ believe in making as much information as possible
available to you, as soon as possible. The decision to
develop or not develop, announce or not announce, any given
product, or component of that product, is very carefully
thought out. As soon as I _can_, I _will_ tell you.
- You say that we should have made available, from day 1, a development
environment "WITH ALL THE PROGRAMMING DOCS (at least on-line), and
the hard copies of docs AT COST."
Correct me if I've misunderstood you, but the programming docs are
provided (on-line) with the toolkit (part of the WorkSet). Look in
your toolkit folder, under "Toolkit information". -tim
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!vnet.ibm.com From: francis@vnet.ibm.com (Tim Francis) Message-ID: <19920727.120237.680@almaden.ibm.com> Date: Mon, 27 Jul 92 15:02:04 EDT Subject: Can someone at IBM please explain why developers should develop for OS/2? Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer References: <1992Jul24.182822.24148@hellgate.utah.edu> Reply-To: francis@vnet.ibm.com Organization: IBM Canada Lab, WorkFrame/2 development Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM Lines: 38