Where xTalk Excels (Was Re: OT: Adobe kills Director)

2005-04-22 Thread Dan Shafer
There have been some wonderfully eloquent descriptions in this thread of why some of us prefer xTalk to more conventional programming languages. I liked the poetry vs. novel, sprint vs. marathon analogy a lot. For me, writing software and writing prose and poetry are very similar processes. I

Re: OT: Adobe kills Director

2005-04-22 Thread Jesse Sng
You know, Jesse, I COMPLETELY get it now. xTalk is the main reason why I decided to check out (and then buy a copy of) RR a couple of months ago. I'm completely hooked on the language, which is stupid and crazy, since I've worked in 30+languages, most of them BEFORE xTalk, and I had more-or-less g

Re: OT: Adobe kills Director

2005-04-22 Thread Mikey
You know, Jesse, I COMPLETELY get it now. xTalk is the main reason why I decided to check out (and then buy a copy of) RR a couple of months ago. I'm completely hooked on the language, which is stupid and crazy, since I've worked in 30+languages, most of them BEFORE xTalk, and I had more-or-less

Re: OT: Adobe kills Director

2005-04-22 Thread Thomas McGrath III
Jesse, This was my experience as well. I am pushing Rev in to 'fill' the slot though. Tom On Apr 22, 2005, at 3:06 AM, Jesse Sng wrote: I'm with you, Richrad. Who cares? Director is old and redundant. It hasn't been innovative in quite a while. True, but it's about the only way that one can wr

Re: OT: Adobe kills Director

2005-04-22 Thread Jesse Sng
I'm with you, Richrad. Who cares? Director is old and redundant. It hasn't been innovative in quite a while. True, but it's about the only way that one can write in a badly mutated Xtalk language and then target for a web browser. If I had Revolution about 10 years ago, I wouldn't have had to

Re: OT: Adobe kills Director

2005-04-21 Thread Mikey
I'm with you, Richrad. Who cares? Director is old and redundant. It hasn't been innovative in quite a while. -- http://taoof4d.blogspot.com http://4dwishlist.blogspot.com On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God p

Re: OT: Adobe kills Director

2005-04-21 Thread Richard Gaskin
Alex Shaw wrote: usually try not to get to caught up in these sort of things but i saw this quote from a ex-Macromedia worker (unconfirmed) on slashdot.. "Adobe will kill off Director within 3 years." But Macromedia was likely to kill it off themselves in 3 or 4 years anyway. Think about it: Wi

OT: Adobe kills Director

2005-04-21 Thread Alex Shaw
hi usually try not to get to caught up in these sort of things but i saw this quote from a ex-Macromedia worker (unconfirmed) on slashdot.. "Adobe will kill off Director within 3 years." Good thing the revolution has all ready started :) regards alex __