Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-18 Thread Mark Morgan Lloyd
Tomas Hajny wrote: On 17 Dec 14, at 15:38, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: Hopefully, FPC core maintainers are not distracted by the legacy support. My philosophy is that supporting multiple platforms- different word sizes, alignment requirements and so on- is a good way to flush out problems.

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-18 Thread Dave Parsons
Hi Tomas, On 17-12-14 21:30, Tomas Hajny wrote: On 17 Dec 14, at 19:27, Dave Parsons wrote: Hi Dave, I needed to create an OS/2 DLL today was disappointed by the compiler (v2.6.4) telling me that they were not supported. http://www.freepascal.org/faq.var#os2-dll section 6.3 seems to

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-18 Thread Ralf Quint
On 12/17/2014 2:56 PM, mark diener wrote: Ralf, I am not goint to tell you to do anything, but gently suggest that you chill out. Well, how about you live what you are preaching? Ralf --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. http://www.avast.com

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-18 Thread Tomas Hajny
On Thu, December 18, 2014 19:49, Ralf Quint wrote: On 12/17/2014 2:56 PM, mark diener wrote: Ralf, I am not goint to tell you to do anything, but gently suggest that you chill out. Well, how about you live what you are preaching? I'd like to ask everybody to stop responding to this part of

[fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread Dave Parsons
Hi, I needed to create an OS/2 DLL today was disappointed by the compiler (v2.6.4) telling me that they were not supported. http://www.freepascal.org/faq.var#os2-dll section 6.3 seems to agree but is rather old. Can anyone confirm that this is still true? Google didn't find much and it is

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread rpzrpz...@gmail.com
No disrespect, but, don't you think it is time to retire your OS/2 computer? There is an operating system called Linux and its very nice and modern. You should try it. md On 12/17/2014 1:27 PM, Dave Parsons wrote: Hi, I needed to create an OS/2 DLL today was disappointed by the compiler

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread Sven Barth
On 17.12.2014 21:08, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: No disrespect, but, don't you think it is time to retire your OS/2 computer? There is an operating system called Linux and its very nice and modern. You should try it. You do know that you are saying this on a mailing list of a compiler that

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread Ralf Quint
On 12/17/2014 12:20 PM, Sven Barth wrote: On 17.12.2014 21:08, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: No disrespect, but, don't you think it is time to retire your OS/2 computer? There is an operating system called Linux and its very nice and modern. You should try it. You do know that you are saying

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread Tomas Hajny
On 17 Dec 14, at 19:27, Dave Parsons wrote: Hi Dave, I needed to create an OS/2 DLL today was disappointed by the compiler (v2.6.4) telling me that they were not supported. http://www.freepascal.org/faq.var#os2-dll section 6.3 seems to agree but is rather old. Can anyone confirm

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread rpzrpz...@gmail.com
On 12/17/2014 3:23 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: On 12/17/2014 12:20 PM, Sven Barth wrote: On 17.12.2014 21:08, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: No disrespect, but, don't you think it is time to retire your OS/2 computer? There is an operating system called Linux and its very nice and modern. You should

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread waldo kitty
On 12/17/2014 3:08 PM, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: No disrespect, but, don't you think it is time to retire your OS/2 computer? absolutely not... it is a good OS for the jobs that it does... it isn't targeted by skiddies and hackers, either... personally speaking, my OS/2 boxen have been my

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread Tomas Hajny
On 17 Dec 14, at 15:38, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: On 12/17/2014 3:23 PM, Ralf Quint wrote: On 12/17/2014 12:20 PM, Sven Barth wrote: On 17.12.2014 21:08, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: No disrespect, but, don't you think it is time to retire your OS/2 computer? There is an operating

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread Ralf Quint
On 12/17/2014 12:38 PM, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: Ralf, Such passion for obsolescence... Thanks! What is the use case other than a hobby and pride for OS/2 support? What ever the user wants to do! Who are you to tell other people what is a valid use case or not?!? And just for your

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread Bernd Oppolzer
Am 17.12.2014 22:37, schrieb Ralf Quint: On 12/17/2014 12:38 PM, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: Ralf, Such passion for obsolescence... Thanks! What is the use case other than a hobby and pride for OS/2 support? What ever the user wants to do! Who are you to tell other people what is a valid

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread mark diener
Thanks for the use case Bernd, a fully functional population of true legacy users with working systems of OS/2 in 2014. That is a surprise. Ralf, I am not goint to tell you to do anything, but gently suggest that you chill out. On Wed, Dec 17, 2014 at 3:51 PM, Bernd Oppolzer

Re: [fpc-devel] OS/2 and DLLs

2014-12-17 Thread Dave Parsons
On 17-12-14 21:08, rpzrpz...@gmail.com wrote: No disrespect, but, don't you think it is time to retire your OS/2 computer? No. I use OS/2 Linux daily and until recently OpenVMS XP also. Dave ___ fpc-devel maillist -