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- From: ksand@apple.com (Kent Sandvik )
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.oop.misc
- Subject: Re: Summary: I'm faint! I just saw the price for MPW!
- Message-ID: <ksand-161292230742@wintermute.apple.com>
- Date: 17 Dec 92 07:13:07 GMT
- References: <01050133.ksdp2c@distant.uucp> <1992Dec11.195344.10218@reed.edu> <1992Dec11.155851.14862@walter.cray.com> <1992Dec16.062319.16732@netcom.com> <1992Dec17.163231.12864@waikato.ac.nz>
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- In article <1992Dec17.163231.12864@waikato.ac.nz>, ldo@waikato.ac.nz
- (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University) wrote:
- > In article <1992Dec16.062319.16732@netcom.com>, nagle@netcom.com (John Nagle) writes:
- > > MPW is modelled on the UNIX Programmer's Workbench, circa 1978, and
- > > offers roughly the same level of functionality.
- >
- > Really?? I didn't know UNIX had multi-window text editing and an integrated
- > shell/editor in 1978!!!
-
- Neither did UNIX have a Smalltalk style 'window contents are files'
- mapping. Most of the UNIX editors still don't today don't have it
- (with the exception of GNU style lisp editors and CodeCenter environments).
-
- I think the core issue is that 'let the thousand flowers bloom" (no,
- I'm not a Maoist). It merely means that there are 1 million programmers
- out there, and they all have different opinions about what the perfect
- dev. environment should look like. Some like graphical interfaces,
- others (like me) enjoy Lisp/Smalltalk style interaction environments.
- Others
- like MPW/UNIX style editing environments. Instead of limiting the
- programmer
- experience, I do feel that various companies should provide alternate
- solutions, and the programmer could select one that he/she likes. It's
- like shopping for a car, somebody likes Volvos, others like French
- cars, and I hate most cars :-) *)
-
-
- Kent
- *) Ever tried to use your bike in California?
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