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From: Glenn R. Howes <grhowes@students.wisc.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit MAC??
Date: 4 Jun 1995 22:26:58 GMT
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In article <3qt3vq$5sj@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> Frank da Cruz,
fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu writes:
>In article <3qsq4t$rgm@news.doit.wisc.edu>,
>Glenn R. Howes <grhowes@students.wisc.edu> wrote:
>>In article <3qnon9$asf@steel.interlog.com> David R Butler-Malin,
>>dmalin@interlog.com writes:
>>>Does Kermit exist in a MAC format?
>>
>>If all you are interested in is a free solution which incorporates
>>the Kermit file transfer, it is possible to cobble together a
>>free Communications Toolbox solution off of parts available
>>off the net...
>>
>Yes, but this will not get you certain features that are hallmarks
>of real Kermit software:
[feature set deleted]
>Most of this is already in Mac Kermit. It's just a question of getting
>it up to release quality. I think we'd all be better served by a release-
>quality Mac Kermit than by a cobbled-together patchwork assembled from
>pieces of dubious origin. See my previous posting about why we don't have
>a release-quality Mac Kermit yet.
Well, if we are going to talk about things in the future, then
maintaining a monolithic MacKermit is a waste of time. The future
of Mac programming is increasingly modular. The CTB was just a
first start: OpenDoc is just a year away and with it (I hope)
the end of the do everything application.
Advantages of modularity:
1) People can pick and choose there favorite tools.
2) Easy to add a new feature: ZMODEM, TCP/IP, etc.
3) A single hobbyist can write and maintain a tool in spare time.
4) Buy only the commercial parts you want.
Right now, people would be better served by someone making a
high quality freeware VT220 tool, writing an AppleScriptable
character converter helper app,and writing a Kermit tool with
a more modern feature set. As for scripting, the last thing the
Mac world needs is another application specific scripting
implementation: use AppleScript (or more precisely, make it
OSA compliant).
--glenn