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- From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: Which language?
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 00:11:00 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.001100.11828@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <1992Dec22.022200.11862@nuscc.nus.sg> <1992Dec23.130559.23343@actrix.gen.nz> <1992Dec24.034315.19081@nuscc.nus.sg>
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- In article <1992Dec24.034315.19081@nuscc.nus.sg> ltchean@iss.nus.sg (Lim Thye Chean) writes:
- >
- > Is there any high level language animation toolkit around? Of course, in
- > assembly language, I have written Super Magic 3, in C, I have seen Jawaid's
- > sprites, ...
-
- I've downloaded Super Magic 3, but haven't looked into it yet. As
- long as you've made the interface to it reasonably clean, it should be
- possible to write some 'glue' code that would allow you to call it
- from ORCA/C or Pascal.
-
- > Anybody knows about Micol Advance Basic? Is it System 6 compatible? Is it
- > fast and easy to use? Something like Micol Advance Basic is very attractive
- > to an Applesoft fan like me. But I did not see anybody using it.
-
- A friend of mine uses it, but I haven't heard of many others.
-
- > Learning all 3 volumes of the IIGS toolbox references is definitely too
- > much for a weekend GS programmer like me...
-
- Speaking as a weekend GS programmer, you really don't need to learn
- all that much. You need a little understanding of QuickDraw, and a
- moderate amount about the Event, Menu, Control and Window managers,
- but most of the rest can be glossed over until you really need it.
- Standard File comes in handy.
-
- > Why people prefer to use Orca/C instead of Orca/Pascal? Is it because the
- > C language is better? faster? or what?
-
- No idea. I definitely prefer C, since I use it at work, and it is
- much more flexible than Pascal. Being able to initialize variables at
- compile time really helps, especially if you're doing direct GS/OS calls.
-
- > Does Prizm actually work? I have heard that it is not compatible with GNO
- > right?
-
- Well, "work" is not a term I would associate with Prizm. Every time
- I've tried to use it for anything of a reasonable size, I've been
- frustrated. It is buggy, has a non-standard user interface (e.g. its
- own special standard file dialog, which is about as functional as that
- of System 2.0). I don't even try to use it any more. I'm much
- happier with the text environment.
-
- > Is REZ resource compiler hard to use? Do I really need a resource editor if
- > I have REZ?
-
- REZ is basically a programming language. You define your resources
- in a source file, and run the REZ compiler to create the resource
- fork. The resource descriptions are very like C - a lot of { }
- characters, and the same syntax rules for comments.
-
- What is really good about REZ is that you can use it to create ANY
- type of resource, not just those types that a resource editor supports.
-
- REZ is supplied with a full set of resource definitions for System
- 6.0. There is also DEREZ, a utility which converts a resource fork
- into REZ source code.
-
- The only problem with REZ is that it is very clumsy for creating
- window definitions. You have to define a lot of resources. Quite
- often, I use Genesys to design the window, then output REZ code to
- combine with other (g
-
-
- resource editing application (
- >
- >
- > >--
- > >David Empson
- >
- >
- > --
- > %% GS Lover Loves GS %% Author of Super Magic 3 & Mandelbrot II GS
- > %% and Avatar too. %%
- > Lim Thye Chean: Lim is my surname. My name is Thye Chean.
- > My address: LTCHEAN@ISS.NUS.SG, or 9, College Green, Singapore 1129
-
-
- --
- David Empson
-
- Internet: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz EMPSON_D@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz
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