Well, maybe just ``old''. ``Too old'' is a bit strong (however true
in my case!). But, I agree with Mr. Rossi in many of his
particulars, which is why I have been promoting DreamCard even though
I do not, as a rule, use it. I also, as a rule, do not do anything
in RR (or MC, more usually) that DreamCard couldn't do. The
DreamCard model *is* the Hypercard model in modern guise. Yes, 10-
line limited DO scripts don't quite fit what we (``old'' HC coders)
accepted, and having most engine commands incapable of being replaced
by simple scripts doesn't either. I don't care: You want the promise
of HC? And multi-OS, and colour, and, and, and... Get DreamCard.
Brilliant. And, however true otherwise, I am not an old fool in this
case.
But, as for the IDE, and what would attract young users? Mr. Rossi
is probably dead-on, and dead-right that for the long-term survival
of RR such attraction may be critical. But what would I know? I
actually prefer the MC interface! Still, all the (yes, young!)
students that leave my lab are MC/RR evangelists. And successful,
too. No matter where they go, MC/RR becomes the lab programming
environment. I feel good about that, and always have. They also
tend to convert all and sundry to LaTeX, but that is a different
story. ;-)
On 6-Dec-05, at 7:05 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rev developers are too old.
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Please avoid sending me Word or PowerPoint attachments.
See <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/no-word-attachments.html>
-Dr. John R. Vokey
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