> On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 11:43 +0800, Clem Clarke wrote: > > Also, speaking of START, and jumping around various ISPF screens, the > > early versions of Borland Turbo C and Pascal used to have a number on > > one of the status lines in square brackets showing the number of > > (hidden) windows you had open. By pressing on or tabbing to one of > > these numbers, you could jump straight to the appropriate window. Very, > > very time saving..... > > From: Shane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, August 18, 2006 7:43 am > Borland, in the their old (original) guise had some inspired programming > tools. > Where were (decent) IDEs before Borland ???. > > There have been some monumental fugg-ups in this business - Borland have > had more than their share. > They had the market by the balls, and just lost the plot. > Starting to sound familiar ain't it ...
Borland is currently talking about a comeback, FWIW... http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2000205,00.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
