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>From: "M. Uli Kusterer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Re: xTalk: Getting input from console
>Date: Thu, Dec 16, 1999, 8:51 AM
>
>>Users of these terminal/console windows are in real life programmers,
>>most are C programmers. The whole concept is tied into the C language
>>and "normal" people do not use command lines very often, although they
>>could accomplish enormous tasks with commands like sed or even just
>>grep! But end users are spoiled by those terrible GUIs ;-) and can only
>>think in menus and are simply unable to grasp the concepts that go on
>>behind that stuff on the surface. ;-)
>
> R�diger,
>
> sure, but these shell windows are still rather common under Unix, some
> people told me (at least they are using them rather frequently), and they
> used to be used under DOS. What were they called there? Shell? Could we
> maybe make that a synonym to stdin and stdout?
>
> Never mind. Since we're really talking about a Dodo thing here, I guess
> it's no use to add another synonym for a rarely-used feature, especially
> since for CGIs standardInput and standardOutput actually make sense.
>
> Cheers,
> -- M. Uli Kusterer
>
R�diger,
Ok, so I am a GUI spoiled .... (now why am I thinking about the stuff
that's been in the refrigerator too long?)
He, he. But I do like the graphical interface. I used to be passing fair
in Pascal. But most people, me included, like our GUIs. And OOP is so much
easier when you can see the objects!
That's why I require graphing calculators in my math classes. If students
can see the functions, then they can work with them a *lot* more easily.
So Scott and company, keep up the good work! MetaCard is great!
Raymond
