D'Oh, yes, you're correct.
What I was trying to say was that (pre-Java) a lot of
Unix dev. was completely done with gcc-debug (can't think of the
equivalent on PC, although I've heard VB started off pretty, well,
basic). Now the common tools provide a 'complete' syntax-highlighting,
component-based, gui-based, trace-to-next-sourceline environment.
However, re-reading the original, I think (if I may be so bold) that
Neven was making a similar point : the modern tools increase
productivity and thus lower the cost of software production. If
this is the case, I would have to concede the point on both counts...
Also, I found this somewhere, which, I think is close to the point
about the next dentistry software being written by dentists:
"I think what I mean is that I am not a programmer in the same way
that an accountant who writes clever macros in Excel is not a
programmer. Before Excel this person would have relied on a team of
programmers to create a monolithic accounting system which did
everything, and used a desktop calculator for local work."
Mark Derricutt wrote:
>
> On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, Kurt wrote:
>
> > > 2/ Tools to produce software are becoming better..
> > Yes: compare GCC/debug to D5
>
> Wrong comparision, you want to comparte gcc with dcc, or D5 with say
> KDevelop or KDEStudio (of which being C/C++ development environments you
> should really compare against C++ Builder). The other side is D5 includes
> the VCL, whereas gcc is -just- the compiling, weather you use gtk-- or
> wxGTK, vdk or some other component library is up to you.
>
> Mark
>
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