Subj : Open Watcom compiler
To   : David Noon
From : Sarah Nunez
Date : Mon Jul 22 2002 07:04 pm

21 Jul 02 17:39, David Noon wrote to Sarah Nunez:

DN> Ok. I'll zip up the configuration files from my BINW directory and
DN> e-mail them to you.

Thanks!  I'll be looking for them.

DN> Well, George said he couldn't find it, so you perhaps need WSeB or
DN> later. [George, did you check the BonusPak CD too?]

I looked on both the installation CD and the bonus CD (is it called BonusPak
under Warp 4, also?) before I asked you for filenames and didn't find anything
that was obvious.

DN> It is quite simple: in FORTRAN and all "procedural" languages,
DN> subroutines and functions are either wholly public or wholly private.
DN> In OO languages, a method is owned by a class of data, so for most
DN> method calls you need an instance of that class in order to call the
DN> method.

Remainder saved for further rumination.

DN> Ah. I have am IBM-written PDF document somewhere that is a tutorial on
DN> CSV. I shall include it in the e-mail with the Watcom configuration
DN> files. Do you have Acrobat or GSView? If neither I suggest you find a
DN> copy of Acrobat/2, as most of IBM's newer doco is distributed in PDF
DN> format.

I have Acrobat.  Is 3.0 still the latest for OS/2?

DN> I have been considering building a Watcom-hosted implementation of
DN> wxOS2 and uploading it to Hobbes, perhaps sending it down the OS/2
DN> filebone as well. Since both you and Mike Luther have expressed
DN> interest (and I expect there are some interested lurkers, too) this
DN> could be something useful for me to do in the next few weeks. Watch
DN> this space.

Oh, that would be wonderful!  Perhaps it'll be available by the time I return
from vacation.

Sarah
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