Scott, Creating a .notation of Rev will NOT keep strict x-Talkers happy. I may be the most vocal opponent, but I suspect I am far, far, from the only one.
And, well, probably *everyone's* happy that I'm not in charge... ;-) Judy On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Scott Kane wrote: > Judy, > The Mac end of development is pretty much cornered by Rev, > RealBasic, QT C++ and a few also-rans. Many developers from > .notation backgrounds (Delphi, VB, C++ Builder and more recently > .Net) would jump at the chance to program for the Mac if they > didn't have to learn a new language construct - which to them > Revolution certainly is. RealBasic uses .Notation - but it's > buggy, unstable and really rather crude (IMHO). If a development > platform like Rev existed that had .Notation it would be a tremendous > boon to the Mac software community as it would be quicker and easier > to get up to speed (obvious user interface issues would still be a > learning curve - but then so it is anybody writing for Mac the first > time > using Rev). Now - if I was running RunRev (and you can all be eternally > glad I'm not <g>) I'd seriously look at creating a new product that did > exactly that. A .Notation version of Rev. That would keep the > X-Talkers > happy and would bring in new blood - much faster - IMHO - than Rev does. > I've recommended Rev to several developers who work with Windows > .notation > platforms. They have all been scared off by transcript as it is as > alien > to them as is .notation to many transcript people. Interestingly they > have all also reject RealBasic (to buggy), QT C++ (to fragmented) and > several new IDE's currently in the initial stages of release. I really > do believe RunRev could increase their market share by a larger factor > considering by considering this issue. > > It's a compromise. X-Talks for those that want it or .notation for > those > that do not. It's not a far stretch as many development platform > companies > (Borland and MS for example) do exactly that with, for example object > Pascal, C++ etc > all under their wing. _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution