> That's very interesting - I had no idea that Rev was > receiving any mainstream coverage as a platform. I'll have > to take a look at that book next time I'm in a bookshop. Now > that I think of it, it is obvious that any book that was > really interested in getting someone started with programming > (especially any GUI programming) should be using Rev as a > teaching device. > > However, I doubt it if would cut any ice with Dave's > colleagues writing in C++, XML, Postscript, etc. :-)
He can point out that its accepted enough to gather interest from the book market - which is quite conservative. There are plenty of shops that feel strongly about one particular language or the other - plenty of C/C++ developers that think of Visual Basic as a "toy language". There are times when C/C++ is the only way to go. But there are specific advantages to a product like Revolution, and one of them is the ability to whip out a prototype or custom utility very, very quickly, and deploy it on multiple operating systems - "very, very quickly on runs natively on operating systems" means something, and having to spend x5 the time in creating a cross-platform app with C++ means at least x5 the budget is needed. That makes Rev an inviting choice to those who pay the wages of the doubters. > Lynn, until I can get a look at that book, are you saying > that his treatment of Rev is more favourable than the others? > Do you know what the sales figures are for the book? If the > answer to the first question is 'yes', and the second is 'a > lot', then that should be good news for Rev sales. Only three languages are covered in the book - one is Rev and yes, its treated very favorably :-) Wally Wang has been working on this revision for over a year. Best regards, Lynn Fredricks Worldwide Business Operations Runtime Revolution, Ltd _______________________________________________ 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