OpenEuphoria

Re: Idea for a New Project

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Jun 14, 2003
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----- Original Message -----
From: <eugtk at yahoo.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: RE: Idea for a New Project


>
>
> --- Jerry Story <jstory at edmc.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> > There is something called "Kaptain". It is supposed
> > to be an easy way to
> > make a graphical interface for Linux programs.
>
> Yes, that's what it does - implement a GUI for common
> (existing) command line programs.
>
> I was thinking more along the lines of Prograph
> http://www.pictorius.com/
> which allows the programmer to build source code by
> dragging and dropping various boxes on the screen, and
> connecting them with lines. I tried Prograph
> a few years ago, and decided that it just wasn't
> useful for any "real" programming tasks. Other people
> have better success with it, if you believe Pictorus'
> sales pitch.
>
> Anyway, there's a free trial available, but it's a
> 26 meg download.
>
> Also, there once was a programming language called
> "Blue", which operated in much the same way. Work on
> that seems to have been discontinued.

I used to work with a product like this for DEC VAX machines back around
1985. You would build up a program by using diagrams and connecting lines,
plus you could add a little direct code at times. It would generate COBOL
code which you'd then compile.

--
Derek