[comp.ai.shells] Nexpert Object

woodl@yvax.byu.edu (04/19/89)

Has anyone out there had experience with Nexpert on an IBM PC?  I have a demo
copy of the Mac version, but I would like to gather some info on experience
with the PC version.
Thanks,
Larry Wood, Brigham Young University, LWood@BYUVAX

sbc@wucs1.wustl.edu (Steve B Cousins) (06/22/89)

I've begun to look seriously at Nexpert recently, and am wondering
what people who have used it for a while think of it.  My reaction
is that the program gives you a lot, but the documentation is 
really verbose and poorly written.  I found that I had to read
through almost the entire manual before I began to have a grasp
of the system.

I guess you could argue that it takes a while to understand because
it offers so much, (the KEE argument) but I summarized it for a
roomful of people in about an hour and it doesn't seem to be too much
of a jump if people understand rules and frames.

Have others had the same impression of the manual?  Is there a summary
out there somewhere (the manual has a primer chapter, which is just one
of these "now click on the rounded button, now type 'blah blah blah'",
etc. chapters, and doesn't give much of an overview.

I do really like what I've seen of the software so far, it's just a
shame the manual doesn't match.

Steve Cousins			sbc@wucs1.wustl.edu
Washington University		Opinions are my own, etc.

mpradhan@f.ua.oz.au (03/14/90)

  We are seriously considering the purchase of NEXPERT OBJECT for the
Macintosh.
 As far as I can see it is one of the most complete ES shells, with a very good
 development environment.
  The copy protection scheme looks foul (hardware protection) but I have read
 good things in rather superficial reviews in Mac magazines.

  Q: Has anyone had any experience with NEXPERT? I would appreciate any
comments on speed, ease of development, flexibility.

  Thanks.


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