Re: Native Code vs PCode OT

Not a myth. Windows 1.0 was written in Pascal. At the time, MS didn't have
a decent C compiler but did have one of the best rated Pascal compilers. At
some point, I don't know when, but I suspect it was Windows 386 (written for
Compaq), Windows was completely rewritten in C. However, to maintain
backwards compatibility, all the 16-bit stuff still used the Pascal calling
conventions.

Mike Ober.

"Ralph" <nt_consulting64@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Tony Proctor" <tony_proctor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> > Actually Ralph, some of worst misconceptions and unjustified diatribes
> about
> > VB that I've seen were from C/C++ programmers. Some of these actually
> > suggested that VB6 was interpreted at source level. Obviously they had
no
> > real experience or knowledge to back this up, and were simply spouting
> > second-hand mythology, as you suggested earlier.
> >
> > Tony Proctor
> >
>
> My favorite "Windows Myth".
>
> Years ago, I was once was confronted by my Unix buddies that Windows was
> actually written in Pascal. When I laughed I was immediately shown the SDK
> manual which did in fact clearly declare all functions as "FAR PASCAL".
<g>
>
> It still shows up occasionally.
>
> -ralph
>
>


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