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- From: pf@bilbo.bio.purdue.edu (Paul Furbacher)
- Subject: Re: winsys and OWL
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- References: <1992Dec18.181037.7820@rose.com>
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- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 23:52:38 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.181037.7820@rose.com>,
- gyl.midroni@rose.com (gyl midroni) writes:
-
- > My understanding was that OPro from TurboPower, and Turbo Vision from
- > Borland were largely incompatible (not impossible, but totally
- > different application frameworks)
-
- The incompatibilities between OPRO/Pascal and TV rest with
- the two interfaces. There are other aspects of OPRO
- which have nothing to do with the interface, and these
- are not likely to conflict with TV. The last part of
- Volume 2 is dedicated to Data objects -- stacks, queues,
- single- and double-linked and circular lists, bitsets, string,
- stream and array objects.
-
- Volume 3 is entitled "TSRs and More", which gives
- you the idea that there's a lot more to OPRO than
- just interface objects: string handling routines,
- DOS/BIOS calls, interrupts and TSRs, memory allocation,
- macros, app cloning, BCD reals, assorted in-line
- macros and an in-memory sort routine.
-
- Out of three volumes, 1600+ pages of minute
- typeface documentation, nearly half
- is related to non-interface specific objects and routines.
- I don't use any of the package in my TV programs,
- but I found the source code a good tutorial in
- object oriented programming when I was
- just learning.
-
- Whether it is worth buying OPRO for its "other"
- functional half is a toss up. OPRO/C++ has
- much less, if any, of this "other" functional half.
-
- As to the second half of Midroni's article wondering
- about WINSYS, I have no experience with TurboPower's
- Windows related products. Give them a call on their
- 800 number (they have one don't they?) and talk to
- them. You're likely to speak with someone who has
- intimate knowledge of the product -- like the programmers,
- or the president -- from what I hear. Be prepared,
- be methodical, and write down all your questions
- in advance, so you don't forget anything. They might
- even have an XX-day money back return policy so you
- can test drive the toolbox. How can you lose?
-
- PF
-
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