howard@aic.dpl.scg.hac.com (Mike Howard (213)317-5690) (02/02/90)
In article <779@laic.UUCP> toomey%nova@STC.LOCKHEED.COM (Chris Toomey) writes: > >Also, I saw a demo of ParcPlace's ObjectWorks for C++ and it looked really >good. What are people's opinions of it who use it on a regular basis? Is it >as valuable as it appears? How solid is it? ParcPlace has a wonderful environment if you've got a sun3 with >20MB RAM! Funny thing, they don't advertise that small point. I just got through a battle to get my sun3's upgraded to 8MB each so I could run SunOS 4.0. When I told my boss I needed 16MB more minimum to run C++, he said to find another C++! The compiler works fine, but the one time I tried to crank up the great environment it took at least a minute per mouse click to update the screen. The sun4 version is coming out in April or so, and most sun4s have more RAM than sun3s, so I will be much happier then. By the way, documentation on the ParcPlace product is very sparce. Also, if you want price cuts for several copies, don't count on more than 5 or 10% off their stiff $2500 price per copy. Look before you leap! Mike Howard, howard@aic.hrl.hac.com