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by Blackstrat 1161 days ago
I worked for an IBM subsidiary in the early 90s while they were building and releasing HPTS. Our sub did ancillary products for HPTS and 3890 sorters, all in “c”, assembler, and running on OS/2. The OS/2 API was, IMO, more logically designed and documented than anything since. It was a blast. Sadly, OS/2 didn’t survived. But, it was fun while it lasted.
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>The OS/2 API was, IMO, more logically designed and documented than anything else since.

Absolutely. I was disappointed when I began writing Windows apps after having used Presentation Manager etc. Windows APIs felt like children’s toys.