Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!ginosko!rex!ames!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!csccat!jack From: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: Re: Generic in Large Model Message-ID: <3318@csccat.UUCP> Date: 29 Sep 89 23:12:49 GMT References: <1464@quiche.cs.mcgill.ca> <7887@microsoft.UUCP> Reply-To: jack@csccat.UUCP (Jack Hudler) Organization: Computer Support Corporation. Dallas,Texas Lines: 28 In article <7887@microsoft.UUCP> roberth@microsoft.UUCP (Robert Hess) writes: > > >Phong, > >(he had a couple questions about writing a Windows program that used >LARGE memory model...) > >First off, a comment on using the LARGE memory model... > > *** DON'T *** > >I have yet to see a program that actually needs to use the LARGE memory >model (and I've seen a lot of programs). I'm sure many of you will agree >that Aldus PageMaker is a rather large application, and has some pretty >awsome data and code demends. It uses MEDIUM model. > >I can't count the number of times that a developer has tried to convince >me that they needed to use the LARGE memory model, yet I easily showed >them how they could not only use MEDIUM, but get their program running >faster, and more optimumly as well. > If you use th multi-threaded library in OS/2.. it's the only Model you can use! LARGE! -- Jack Computer Support Corportion Dallas,Texas Hudler UUCP: {texsun,texbell,attctc}!csccat!jack