It looks like the interesting discussion of the merits of Revolution vs. RealBasic has suspended for the time being. So if there is no energy to revive that discussion, just let this post drift off into the abyss....
If energy around that issue remains, however, I would like to float an idea that might aid the comparison between the two systems. My idea is that one or more users of both systems generate a "Sticky Note" application in each system, with identical features. Upon completion, the developer might report the relative ease of coding between the two systems. Sticky Notes came to mind because: + I wouldn't imagine that it would take gobs of programming hours. Of course, this depends on the feature set, but I would expect one could produce a pretty good Sticky Note system in 4 hours or less for each IDE. + Programs of this sort are useful on all OS platforms and have wide appeal. + I wouldn't expect that this type of an app would be math intensive. + The programmer could make it as feature-rich or feature-limited as he/she desires. + It could possibly be written with the Rev Starter Kit. Of course, even if this exercise is carried out, the exercise by itself wouldn't be sufficient to form a conclusion. It would add a little bit of data to the evaluation, however. Tom Nally, New Orleans, just musing a little bit...and hoping not to disturb anybody.
