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Folks, I just received a new magazine/catalogue from Programmers'
Paradise.  Methinks either there has been some sort of release/timing
foulup or I have had my head in the sand for too long, because that
magazine/catalogue contains an article by Stew Chapin (billed as the
fellow who heads the product marketing for Microsoft's Language/Tools
group) that goes into great detail about three new Microsoft products
for Windows developers - two of which I've never heard about (the
third is Visual Basic).
 
1) New QuickWin libraries that will let you convert your ANSI/K&R C
programs or ANSI/VAX FORTRAN programs into Windows programs merely
by relinking them.  As Stew point out, they won't be "windows-looking"
WinApps, but they *will* be WinApps - and bye, bye 640K limit.  Also,
Stew points out that any code that bypasses the standard libraries
and writes to the hardware is, in his words, "a show-stopper".  Direct
quote coming up - "The FORTRAN version of the QuickWin Library will
be bundled with the upcoming Windows-enabled release of Microsoft
FORTRAN, with a suggested retail price of $450... the C version of
the QuickWin Library will ship later this summer" [no price given].

2) A new Quick-C for Windows, that Stew bills as "The world's first 
totally GUI-hosted development environment for Windows C programmers" -
he never mentions it by name, but an accompanying graphic has the name
"QuickC for Windows" in the menu bar.  Editor, C-Compiler, debugger,
and other goodies (including a CASE product!) are all WinApps.  The
bulk of the article was about this product, and there are a lot of
goodies in it.  The debugger shares the single-monitor Windows screen
with its WinApp, for instance.  The "compiler technology" is 
identical to that in the "/qc" option of MSC 6.0, and existing code
can me moved between those two environments at will.  This product
"will ship later this summer" [no price given].

Comments?

Bert Tyler
bert@helix.nih.gov