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From: Clinton Jeffery <jeffery@segfault.cs.utsa.edu>
To: icon-group@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU
Subject: Re: Is this language dead? - I think not
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> From: "Hall, Joe T (Joe)" <jthall@lucent.com>
> However, I can't very well use Icon in at least one situation where I
> would really like to. Developing Windows applications is just not easy
> or complete with the current Windows Icon so I end up slogging my way
> through Pascal so that I can use the Delphi Development Environment.
Hmmm. Written in less than 700 lines, the Wi program certainly is not a
competitor for Delphi. A commercial version of Icon with a nice development
environment would be a welcome addition in this group, I suspect. In the
meantime, I welcome constructive criticism and feature suggestions for the
Wi program by direct e-mail.
My own opinion is that the Wi program is successful at introducing Icon to
new users, and that it would benefit from full integration with VIB, and a
number of other features. Before I work too hard on that, I will first work
on making "Wi" run on all Icon graphics platforms, instead of just MS Windows.
Clint Jeffery, jeffery@cs.utsa.edu
Division of Computer Science, The University of Texas at San Antonio
Research http://www.cs.utsa.edu/research/plss.html