rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert Jung) (04/02/88)
In article <100@obie.UUCP> wes@obie.UUCP (Barnacle Wes) writes: >In article <588@nunki.usc.edu>, rjung@castor.usc.edu (Robert Jung) writes: >> Heck, the only *really*good* languages I've seen for ANY computer all >> don't use windows... > >Ah. I take it you've never seen a good Smalltalk system. Or Modula-2 >on a Lilith. Or even C/C++ on a Sun. No, I must admit I haven't. But of all the windowed languages I've seen on the ST/Mac/Amoeba, I stand by my statement (Besides, I did say "I've seen", and not "EVERYTHING'... B-). >development project, but picture this: a s/w engineering system, >using windowed micros for terminals and a VAX/VMS or unix mini/micro >server to hold the on-line text for the requirements doc, the design >doc, and the source. > >You're editing your source code, and you want to take a look at the >requirement this section of code is derived from. You click on a >little "handle" in the code window, and another window opens showing >you the requirement that drives this section. A third window shows >the design doc section describing this code. Whaddya think? Extremely neat, and also extremely expensive B-). I can see the point of a really well-done windowing language, particularly when you're working on a "big" (relatively speaking) project...Put your source code in one window, put your output in another, and compare any bugs that (inevitably) show up... Of course, a tall window (Wow! 80 lines on a Sun workscreen!) also helps. Now why doesn't anyone do a programmer-friendly language (C? Pascal?) like this on the ST? There might be a market... B-) --R.J., shooting the breeze (And always missing...) B-) ______________________________________________________________________________ Bitnet: rjung@castor.usc.edu "Who needs an Amiga?" = == = = == = Power WithOUT the Price = == = ===== == ===== Just because it's 8-bits doesn't make it obsolete. ==== == ====