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- From: de19@umail.umd.edu (Dana S Emery)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
- Subject: Re: Think C is (notso) Great
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- Date: 22 Jul 92 10:24:50 GMT
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- Dont get me wrong, I like both C and Pascal Think products, but the
- differences between them drive me batty, and that should not be a feature
- of a programmers toolset.
-
- 3 things in particular need attention:
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- The C multifile search facility is braindamaged, and should adopt the
- Pascal version. In a TCL C project, one must currently check/uncheck each
- of 150+ files in a seemingly infinite list to establish a narrowing of the
- search to (say) all those files which are in the TCL Core classes folder.
- To add insult to possible physical injury, the files are all unchecked
- prior to the next multi-file search! Since this is a typical preliminary
- to browsing the Class library, it presents a significant impediment to the
- novice C-TCL programmer. The Pascal version presents a list of the search
- paths in the project, and one can select the path(s) of interest from a
- list which often needs no scrolling. The same search is set up with but a
- few mouse clicks in Pascal, and the user is not required to start with an
- an eidetic memory for the filenames of the project and all its libraries.
-
- Pascal sure could use the GREP search capabillities of C (identical syntax
- please).
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- Menu Key equivalents are inconsistant between the two programs. Given the
- large installed user base, one can anticipate howls from both camps if
- either package is altered, so both packages need to borrow a concept from
- MS Word, and allow the user to set personal preferences.
-
- Again, I like both products, but wouldnt they be better if..
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- Dana S Emery <de19@umail.umd.edu>
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