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Re: Accessing Win API

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Apr 15, 2002
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On Monday 15 April 2002 04:47 pm, Mike wrote:
>
> Euler German wrote:
> >Anyone who uses Win32lib is stuck in the loop of having code that is
>> poor
> >in performance, size and bug ridden.

Actually, it was euman who wrote that (no surprise). However, he could 
have said exactly the same thing about Windows itself. - if you use it, 
you are "stuck in the loop of having code that is poor in performance, 
size and bug ridden." 

Even the dozen or so people in the world who write Windows programs 
in assembler don't gain much in the way of speed or stability, so where 
does the blame really lie? 

> David Cuny wrote:
> > Win32Lib was written for ease of use, and (especially with Judith's
> > DE) I think it's achieved that. The tradeoff, unfortunately, is speed.
>
> I, for one, never would have been able to start programming in Windows
> without Win32Lib.  Visual Basic was too expensive, and Java was too slow
> and cumbersome for simple small business apps.

Amen. I had really bad experiences with VB a few years ago, and I don't 
expect enough improvements have been made that it would now suddenly be 
useful.  I certainly wouldn't waste any money to find out. 

But all of that's academic, because I now avoid Windows whenever possible.

Regards,
Irv