patr@osiris.UUCP (Patrick Barta) (04/04/88)
I was wondering if anyone has any hands on experience with the Whitewater
Group's ACTOR program and Microsoft Windows 2.0.
I am considering ACTOR as a quick way to get some prototype
Windows programs running.
Thanks.
Patrick Barta
..{uunet, allegra}!mimsy!aplcen!osiris!patrnelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) (04/04/88)
In article <1576@osiris.UUCP> patr@osiris.UUCP (Patrick Barta) writes: >I was wondering if anyone has any hands on experience with the Whitewater >Group's ACTOR program and Microsoft Windows 2.0. > >I am considering ACTOR as a quick way to get some prototype >Windows programs running. Yes, ACTOR is pretty cool, and pretty cheap for educational institutions, only $99 for the first copy, $99 for a site license. ACTOR is indeed the best way to prototype Windows programs. -- -russ AT&T: (315)268-6591 BITNET: NELSON@CLUTX Internet: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu GEnie: BH01 Compu$erve: 70441,205
tvillan@hpccc.HP.COM (Tim Villanueva) (04/07/88)
/ hpccc:comp.lang.smalltalk / nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) / 7:16 am Apr 4, 1988 / In article <1576@osiris.UUCP> patr@osiris.UUCP (Patrick Barta) writes: >>I was wondering if anyone has any hands on experience with the Whitewater >>Group's ACTOR program and Microsoft Windows 2.0. >> >>I am considering ACTOR as a quick way to get some prototype >>Windows programs running. > >Yes, ACTOR is pretty cool, and pretty cheap for educational institutions, only >$99 for the first copy, $99 for a site license. > >ACTOR is indeed the best way to prototype Windows programs. >-- >-russ >AT&T: (315)268-6591 BITNET: NELSON@CLUTX Internet: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu >GEnie: BH01 Compu$erve: 70441,205 >---------- I have been investigating ACTOR as a prototyping tool also. I certainly does seem like a great way to prototype. But be careful, the implementation of ACTOR is quite poor. It is an object-oriented system, but it is not TRUE in terms of extensibility or portability (alas... why it is a PROTOTYPING tool). The other problem is memory is scarce while in the ACTOR system. --------------------------------------------- Tim Villanueva "My comments are my own Hewlett-Packard (Personal Software Division) and not those of any 408-773-6268 Mailstop: 81UO other entity, especially tvillan%hpccc@hplabs.HP.COM the one I work for!" ---------------------------------------------
robert@pvab.UUCP (Robert Claeson) (04/10/88)
In article <680@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) writes: > ACTOR is indeed the best way to prototype Windows programs. How much like Smalltalk is Actor?