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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
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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!

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