franklin@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP (Katherine Franklin) (05/10/89)
In article <1523@cmx.npac.syr.edu> pcossenb@rodan.acs.syr.edu writes: >I was reading in the most recent MacTutor - May 89 Letters section. About a new >tool called Arenda that a lets you automagically generate a flow diagram and >does other automatic documentation handling features. Apparently people are >drooling over being able to beta test it. Has anyone else heard more about it? Aranda is well described in MacTutor (May 89 Letters). For others who have missed the article, Aranda is the product of Soft-SET Technologies of Vancouver, Canada, and provides a compiler specific utility for source code management, analysis, design and programming. The basic approach is to provide the means of both top-down and bottom-up system support (top-down for systems under control and bottom-up to help you get them under control), and to observe the system at various levels of detail. It includes the ability to display graphical or textual representations of the source code (with folding) and allows you to attach documentation that floats with the items that you are documenting for easy update and referencing. The system is completely interactive and any changes made to any of the representations are reflected throughout the system. Analysis tools include the ability to locate calls and variable use, provide structure charts for the class hierarchy, uses relationship...to name but a few. The system will beta test with the Pascal (MPW and Lightspeed) and C and will follow up with Cobol, PL1 and C++. All of this, and decent response time too ! Aranda is being introduced this week at the Apple Developer's Conference this week in San Jose, CA. I have alpha tested this product, and I will be working on this product in the next few months as part of my Master's thesis, both developing and testing the product. The company can be contacted at (604) 734-1622 or AppleLink CDA 0380, or through myself, for more information. ------ Katherine Franklin franklin@uvicctr.uvic.ca University of Victoria franklin@uvunix.bitnet Victoria, BC, Canada
hpoppe@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) (05/12/89)
In article <664@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP> franklin@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP (Katherine Franklin) writes: > >Aranda is well described in MacTutor (May 89 Letters). For others who have >missed the article, Aranda is the product of Soft-SET Technologies of >Vancouver, Canada, and provides a compiler specific utility for source code >management, analysis, design and programming. The basic approach is to >provide the means of both top-down and bottom-up system support (top-down >for systems under control and bottom-up to help you get them under control), >and to observe the system at various levels of detail. > [Description deleted] When Will Aranda ship? How much will it cost? Are there plans to port it to platforms other than the Mac (say, UNIX under X Windows/Motif)? Herb Poppe NCAR INTERNET: hpoppe@ncar.ucar.edu (303) 497-1296 P.O. Box 3000 CSNET: hpoppe@ncar.CSNET Boulder, CO 80307 UUCP: hpoppe@ncar.UUCP
werner@molokai.sw.mcc.com (Werner Uhrig) (05/13/89)
In article <3221@ncar.ucar.edu>, hpoppe@bierstadt.ucar.edu (Herb Poppe) writes: > In article <664@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP> franklin@uvicctr.UVic.ca.UUCP (Katherine Franklin) writes: > > > >Aranda is well described in MacTutor (May 89 Letters). For others who have > >and to observe the system at various levels of detail. > > > [Description deleted] > > When Will Aranda ship? you and the whole world (including the authors, probably) want to know. > How much will it cost? the price has probably gone up since the letter/article in MacTutor caused them to hire 3 full-time phone-people .. :-)) > Are there plans to port it to platforms other than the Mac (say, UNIX > under X Windows/Motif)? does a cash-cow have udders? there is the smell of "green"... guess where ?!? -- --------------------------> please send REPLIES to <------------------------ INTERNET: uhrig@mcc.com (if unavailable: werner@rascal.ics.utexas.edu) UUCP: ...<well-connected-site>!milano!werner ALTERNATIVE: werner@astro.as.utexas.edu OR werner@utastro.UUCP