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Re: to Rob (perhaps I'm a little bored, but...)

• Posted by irv at ELLIJAY.COM Oct 09, 1998
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On Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:59:10 -0400, Robert Craig <rds at EMAIL.MSN.COM> wrote:

>Ralf writes:
>> Yes, we do have win32 support, we can call
>> DLL's .. but it seems its gonna be up to David Cuny to determine
>> of the whole Win32 platform has any point at all... it doesnt
>> do much usefull on itself.
>> And things have to be *practicle* .. if you dont have a visual
>> resource manager with your win32 platform, its not considered to
>> support win32.. and I must agree to that.
>
>Certainly there's a lot we can do to improve the support for
>the WIN32 platform, and I thank David for what he has done so far.
>But I really think David has *already* accomplished something that
>the fancy-pants all-singing all-dancing GUI IDE Visual
>programming packages have failed at:
>he's made it really simple for a non-professional
>to write a simple Windows GUI program.
>
>When I first sat down a couple of years ago to make
>a very simple WIN32 program using Visual C++, I had
>an unbelievably frustrating time trying to learn the system.
>Sure, you can design your GUI elements visually on the screen.
>That's great. But that's where the fun ends. For your trivial program
>the system generates thousands of lines of incomprehensible code...
Rob:
You need to try Delphi - very little actual coding is required, and
it's easy to understand. Visual Basic is ok, too, except not fast
enough to satisfy some clients' needs.
When I must write a Windows program, I can use either of these languages,
with the assurance that I won't get 50% or 75% or 90% finished, and
then run up against something that is "not yet implemented",
and have to scrap the project.
The thing is, I seldom _need_ a Windows program. Just about everything
is already available, usually as shareware, so it's really a waste of
time to reinvent the wheel.
And, I think most of us will agree, that having to deal with
Windows takes all the fun out of programming.

Regards,
Irv





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