mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) (01/20/90)
Hello, Has anybody used Prototyper 2.1? A demo version came with my hard disk, and after spending an hour or two with it, I am favorably impressed. Unfortunately, the demo was crippled so as not to save in any format, so I can't look at the source code this thing generates. If anybody has used it, I'd be very interested in hearing about it. Specifically, the quality and compatiblity of the code it generates. Their demo docs say it will generate both Pascal and C source, but MacWarehouse's ad only mentions Pascal. They couldn't possibly have made a mistake as big as leaving out C could they? (I mean the Prototyper folks...). I would plan to use THINK C 4.0 as the development platform... If it is at all worthwhile, please tell me! I have a project that needs to be finished ASAP, and this would definitely speed things up a LOT! Oh, BTW, does it deal with multiple screens at all? My personal Mac is single-screen, but the one this will eventually run on may not be. My application may need to span both screens... While I'm on the subject, are there any programs around like Prototyper, but that generate THINK C 4.0 or C++ object-oriented source? Many thanks in advance, --Mike
mm5l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Mashyna) (01/23/90)
Michael J Kobb writes:
"Has anybody used Prototyper 2.1?... Their demo docs say it will
generate both Pascal and C source, but MacWarehouse's ad only mentions
Pascal. They couldn't possibly have made a mistake as big as leaving
out C could they? (I mean the Prototyper folks...). I would plan to use
THINK C 4.0 as the development platform..."
I've used older versions of Prototyper. If it now supports OOPS I'll
order one! But I don't think it does.
Assuming it doesn't : I'm not sure that I would want to use it to
generate code for an Object Oriented project. The Think Class Library
(and MacApp) provides enough of an application shell to get you started.
I think I could put together an application faster with the TCL than
generating a prototype and doing A LOT of search and replace (and
general clean up). Plus the code, if it's not already OOP-ified will not
really fit into the OOP code. About the only thing it will save you time
on is dialogs.
I really liked using it for a quick start before Think 4.0 and MPW C++,
but the objects have won me over.
Matt Mashyna
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Carnegie Mellonfiddler@concertina.Sun.COM (Steve Hix) (01/25/90)
In article <1448@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, mjkobb@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Michael J Kobb) writes: > Has anybody used Prototyper 2.1? A demo version came with my hard disk, and > > Their demo docs say it will generate both Pascal and C source, but > MacWarehouse's ad only mentions Pascal. They couldn't possibly have made a > mistake as big as leaving out C could they? (I mean the Prototyper folks...). > I would plan to use THINK C 4.0 as the development platform... My copy (purchased) includes code generators for ThinkC and MPWC, along with the LSP and MPW Pascal code generators. ------------ "...Then anyone who leaves behind him a written manual, and likewise anyone who receives it, in the belief that such writing will be clear