From: "Jim Cooper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The PalmOS is very easy to learn, and I personally don;t think it saves > much time using something like CASL or NSBasic. YMMV. > I' wouldn't say 'very easy to learn', but I once trained someone who'd spent six months working in NSBasic and then needed to move the projects to C. We found that once he'd clicked on to the relationships between the NSBasic functions and the C API calls he was able to apply what was learnt in NSBasic fairly well.
It suggested to me that a fair chunk of the learning curve is just picking up concepts associated with the platform and that, as you say, the choice of language won't make that go away. On the other hand, if you've come from VB learning C can be more of a culture shock than the Palm OS stuff and a language like NSBasic becomes a real advantage because you don't keep hitting brick walls caused by C confusion. You can get up to speed with the nitty-gritty of Palm apps in a language that's more forgiving. Chris Tutty -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/support/forums/
