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

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 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 ag

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

2014-12-17 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 - fpc-devel@lists.freepasca

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 wrote: > > Am 17

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 use

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 inform

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

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 fr

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

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 conf

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 t

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

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 compil

[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