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- From: wsldanke@cs.ruu.nl (Wessel Dankers)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Team AMIGA Wish List
- Date: 23 Mar 96 23:15:22 +0100
- Organization: Dept of Computer Science, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
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- Andreas Mixich <humpty@TOMATE.TNG.OCHE.DE> wrote:
- > paulken4@afrodite.kih.no wrote about "Re: Team AMIGA Wish List (LONG)" on
- > "21-Mar-1996 17:53:10" at zer.COMP.SYS.AMIGA.PROGRAMMER:
-
- > This BeBox database is one of the most brilliant things added to an
- > operating system in the last 5 to 10 years, IMO. Really, a fully clever and
- > intelligent idea.
-
- Is there some place (www-site) to get info on this 'BeBox database'-thing? It
- looks interesting. (and yes I know what Be is)
-
- >> And why can't we jump on to C++, it's very easy to program,
- >> learn and understand.
-
- > Hmmm... C++ eats up quite a lot of resources. But I guess C++ will be of
- > high importance for the Amiga in the future. But: I am not very
- > experienced, Oberon is a nice OO language too, isn't it ? And one could
- > peek with one eye to the Oberon System, that links (imports) the modules at
- > runtime. On a PPC this could be nice. However, this is not very different
- > to the shared library system, I believe.
-
- Methinks C++ sucks. Why not use the BOOPSI system? It's already built into the
- OS, uses C as it's backbone (making it OS-compatible), can load in modules
- afterwards and isn't all that slow. Plus I like SmallTalk, but that's my
- personal taste.
-
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