I am in a difficult situation right now since my employer is urging me
to write
an application that runs in as many OS platforms as possible --
including
the old Windows 3.1 and Macintosh. The situation is made worse by the
fact that I also have to write communication/internet/TCP-IP related
applications. I have insisted to my employer not to use JAVA since it
is slow and limited in functionality, and also since Java is a 32-bit
language and therefore does not exist in Win3.1 and the older Macs.
And also, I think Java will not run in older Macs, correct me if I'm
wrong?

I have VB5 and would like to know if there is a VB compiler for the MAC
(Win3.1) that supports communication and network facilities. I
desperately need
as much advice as possible. Thanks.

Regards,
Raymond Surjaputra

I am in a similar situation and I currently use VB 5 for Win 95/NT, VB4
for Win3.1 and Supercard for the Mac. I do have to rewrite a lot of
code, but the Supercard language is really similar to VB so I can cut
and paste stuff. That's also what I do between VB5 and VB4 since VB5
won't compile for Win3.1. I've also heard of a language called python
which supposedly runs on mac,win,Unix (www.phthon.org)

If it is possible, you can write your VB program using VB4-16 bit which
will compile and run both in Win3.1 and Win95/NT. Then at least you have
cut your Os's from three to two.

If you're using TCP/IP then some older Macs won't be able to use the
software no matter what language as they don't support TCP/IP (These are
the really old macs).

I'm interested in what you find out.

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Richard Knechtel
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(Aspiring AS/400 GURU)
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There is a shareware called Crossbasic
(http://www.fyisoftware.com/cross.html) that will make you feel
comfortable because it is very
similar to VB.  You'll need to go use C++ or Pascal for true cross-
platform work (e.g. with Microsoft's  C++ or Metrowerks' Codewarrior)

Tho