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- From: pf@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu (Paul Furbacher)
- Subject: Re: BP 7.0 upgrade and ProtoGen
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- References: <1992Nov17.014430.11610@tous.oau.org> <75259@hydra.gatech.EDU>
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:12:22 GMT
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- In article <75259@hydra.gatech.EDU>,
- gtd543a@prism.gatech.EDU (Jeff Garza) wrote:
- >
- > A word to the wise [about] ProtoGen....
-
- and then goes to say ...
-
- > As a side note, I am writing my own CASE tool, to be released to
- > the public domain, with source code (in BP7) for everyone to
- > study and modify.
-
- If you obey all interface guidelines so that your application
- is standard in the way it behaves, and it offers sophisticated
- CASE abilities, I'll be one of your customers. And if I continue
- to use it after testing it out, you'll definitely get a check
- in the mail. But remember, don't do anything goofy/cool with
- the interface. We don't have a lot of time trying to figure out
- how a program works, and rework the wiring in our heads every
- time we start up your program to get some work done.
-
- It ought to have thorough Help on-line and accessible from
- every point in the program (not so in ProtoGen). It would be
- very nice to at least one level of Undo, more would be appreciated.
-
- It should support code or resource generation. It should also
- interact with the Resource Workshop. Whatelse?
-
- > If a 18-year-old self-taught Pascal programmer can do this (I'm already
- > most of the way though the initial stage in the program), why can't
- > a team of trained, competent workers do the same?
-
- Don't know. One often wonders why someone would release
- underpowered software -- afraid of being beaten to the punch?
- Ran out of imagination? Needed some cash flow? Once again,
- don't know.
-
- PF
-
-