> > I can understand for Java, but why stay away from C ?> > Just curious, > JB >
because its scary
Are you sure ?
IMHO, C compilers (Code Warrior, Visual C...) are scary...
But not C, nor assembler.
Futhermore, Rev is scary, especially when you're used to the "vintage" MetaCard IDE... ;-) just kidding of course...
My answer is, "because it's not Transcript". All these things have a learning curve, but IMHO x-talk languages have a much shorter curve, and thereafter productivity for all but a few highly technical tasks (many of them platform-dependent anyway) is far higher. I don't have the time or the facilities to measure this objectively (setting up a fair test would certainly be a tad complicated - might make a good Masters' dissertation), but I would take bets on reasonable odds that 'normal' cross-platform application development (from conception to delivery) is far faster using Transcript than it is using C.
My 2 Eurocents
Graham
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