That's my recollection as well Tim. On Thursday, September 11, 2014, Tim Rude <[email protected]> wrote:
> Danny, > > If I recall my DP history correctly, DP was written using a customized > version of the Forth language that Lew wrote himself, not C. > > Tim Rude > > On 9/11/2014 11:34 AM, MEIRTE Danny wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > Working with DataPerfect under 64-bit OS is a problem that has to be > solved through e.g. VMPlayer. > > Unfortunately, although once promised, a Windows version of DP does not > exist. > > I had the same problem with 16-bit QBasic programs, but now recompiling > them with QB64 was a straightforward solution. > > I suppose DataPerfect (with its additions as DPEXP and DPIMP, MCREATE and > STE-MGR) and Shell with the Editor [for shell-macros]) are written in a > kind of C language… > > I wonder if there is no 32-bit version of the compiler for that language… > > This could be a solution for the 64-bit environment. > > > > Of course one needs to have the correct compiler and the source. > > I know that Lew Bastian had the source code for Dataperfect but maybe > copyrights are preventing a recompilation?? > > > > A bad idea? > > > ------------------------------ > > Danny Meirte > > curator Herpetology > > Royal Museum for Central Africa <http://www.africamuseum.be/> > > Department of African Biology > > Leuvensesteenweg 13 > > 3080 Tervuren, Belgium > > Tel.: +32 2 769 56 29 Fax : +32 2 769 56 42 or +32 2 767 02 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > -- *Don FriedmanProfessionalRecords.Com LLCPRS Data Systems* *205 S Main StreetPittsburgh, PA 15215412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE 412-784-1615 Fax*
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