Eric Kundl wrote: >btw, i notice a lot of programmers are still using the older intrinsics when >there are native mode equivalents available. HPCICOMMAND in this case could >have been used instead. And there is HPFOPEN rather than FOPEN, plus lots of >others. So my question is: if an application will never see an old MPE cpu, >will only be run on an MPEiX cpu, is there any reason to not use the newer >intrinsics? or are we talking about some resistance to change here? i find >HPFOPEN much easier that FOPEN to use without the bit maps etc... these >newer intrinsics have been around for years and i expect the older ones to >disappear sometime.. maybe with the new 64bit cpu"s??? >What do the rest of you think? I think that old habits die hard. Some just don't want to learn new things. As far as FOPEN going away, I don't think so. Even parts of Mpe/iX use FOPEN. And as long as we have compatibility mode there's no way these older intrinsics are leaving. John Zoltak North American Mfg Co