Hi!
Regarding Palm development languages: are there any plans to support Java
development on the Palm Pilot?
Matt Kuenzel
Glenn Bachmann wrote:
> At 08:18 AM 12/10/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >I too think the articles in Dr. Dobbs journal are encouraging; but on the
> >other hand, Dobb's is mostly for hardcore techies. I look forward to the day
> >when we see how-to articles in more mainstream magazines. That won't happen
> >until the development tools become more mainstream. I look back on what the
> >Basic interpreter did for pc's. Does anybody out there think that some sort
> >of interpreter with Basic-like syntax would be a major boon, at least in
> >terms of making Palm programming more attractive to hobbiests and even
> >professional programmers? I've played around with CBAS, and with all due
> >respect, it's a start, but it's a long way off from being a serious
> >development tool. Does anyone have any opinions about why such a critter
> >doesn't exist commercially yet? Are there economic factors that I don't see?
> >
>
> Mitch,
>
> You make an excellent point.
>
> I would find it hard to believe that the marketplace will allow the current
> mainstream options (CW, GCC, SatForms and Pendragon) to stand unchallenged
> for long. And adding Java to that list doesn't address your concern either.
>
> Arguments about the merits of languages and platforms aside, one need only
> look at how the introduction of Visual Basic redefined what "windows
> developer" meant (formerly it was someone who knew C intimately as well as
> a large SDK - sound familiar?). The number of people who could count
> themselves as capable of creating meaningful Windows applications jumped
> dramatically, and really pushed the platform forward.
>
> We have no plans ourselves for such a tool, nor do we know of anyone who is
> contemplating building and (perhaps more importantly) marketing one. The
> marketplace waits.....?
>
> Glenn
>
> Glenn Bachmann
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