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- From: steve@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Steve Balogh)
- Subject: Re: Is there tool to write for Windows on C quickly?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.052405.14105@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Organization: Monash University, Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
- References: <AAAxbBhue5@numond.msk.su>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 05:24:05 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- In article <AAAxbBhue5@numond.msk.su> agpro@numond.msk.su writes:
- >
- > ==== The program is so long, but the life is so short...====
- >
- > Andrew M. Gershun.
- >
- >P.S.S. Am I naives boy in my "far away Russia"? Maybe you write you
- > program with same tools as I dream? Or, maybe, there is other
- > style than "like-Petzold" or "like-SDK" style? Plase answer me!
-
- I agree that writing a Windows program required a lot more effort than writing
- a "simple" C program.
-
- I think that the use of long names with some uppercase letters for API calls
- and predefined message names is very useful when trying to write code which
- is self-documenting. Predefining large slabs of code and only aloowing the
- user to specify I_WANT_A_WINMAIN() may be reasonably for most applications,
- but there are people who wish to modify certain parameters or some of the
- functionality of WINMAIN. A general purpose language should allow flexibility
- and not limit the programmer.
-
- If you find that programming for Windows is too verbose and you wish to remain
- with C and SDK (or similar), I suggest that you build up a library of skeleton
- code wich you can use over and over with any new project. All you need do is
- fill in the blanks to create a new program. This saves you much typing, but
- still allows for full flexibility and program documentation.
-
- Failing this, there are many "higher level" application generators which don't
- require as much work from the programmer.
-
-
- Regards,
- Steve
-
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