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everymansmedium · **Software discussion -** 01-06-2008, 03:11 PM

My knowledge in this area is best in Prolog. Although I have used other languages that do not fit into this category as well.

I worked with a number of products from Borland that used a windowing system BEFORE THERE WAS MS WINDOWS.

In Prolog the windows content could be put into or come from the relational data base. This makes it possible that this system might have been the development system that led to MS windows. When MS came out with windows I discovered that TP would not run in the windows environment. It in fact was the only dos program that I had that would not run in the windows environment.
Shortly after that Borland stopped supporting TP. TP went back to Prolog Development Corp in Denmark. It never again was used in this country. So my software interests went with TP to Denmark. It remained isolated from windows until 1999 when PDC became Visual Prolog Corp and version 5.0 came to the market and could run under windows 98. during that time I continued to work in the text environment while the rest of the world was playing with graphics. This was good because the machines kept getting bigger and more powerful. To a system that is based on text these systems look like a complete universe of space and speed for them to work within.
It looks to me like MS money got rid of any possible competition by paying out the cash. I wonder if there was any transaction between Borland and MS. Or maybe MS just made certain that specific systems would not run in their new environment, by flagging them to the system as not allowed.

This post has been about the origin of Prolog. I would be interested to hear any additional information and or speculation about the origin of MS windows. However the main topic is meant to be about the software for the AI development of a true thinking machine.
John.

John.

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everymansmedium 2nd degree Black Belt Status: Offline Posts: 301 Thanks Given: 56 Thanked 48x in 37 Posts Join Date: Sep 2007 Rep Power: 7	Software discussion - 01-06-2008, 03:11 PM My knowledge in this area is best in Prolog. Although I have used other languages that do not fit into this category as well. I worked with a number of products from Borland that used a windowing system BEFORE THERE WAS MS WINDOWS. In Prolog the windows content could be put into or come from the relational data base. This makes it possible that this system might have been the development system that led to MS windows. When MS came out with windows I discovered that TP would not run in the windows environment. It in fact was the only dos program that I had that would not run in the windows environment. Shortly after that Borland stopped supporting TP. TP went back to Prolog Development Corp in Denmark. It never again was used in this country. So my software interests went with TP to Denmark. It remained isolated from windows until 1999 when PDC became Visual Prolog Corp and version 5.0 came to the market and could run under windows 98. during that time I continued to work in the text environment while the rest of the world was playing with graphics. This was good because the machines kept getting bigger and more powerful. To a system that is based on text these systems look like a complete universe of space and speed for them to work within. It looks to me like MS money got rid of any possible competition by paying out the cash. I wonder if there was any transaction between Borland and MS. Or maybe MS just made certain that specific systems would not run in their new environment, by flagging them to the system as not allowed. This post has been about the origin of Prolog. I would be interested to hear any additional information and or speculation about the origin of MS windows. However the main topic is meant to be about the software for the AI development of a true thinking machine. John. John. Creator of Silence.