MacWorld article on Revolution

[Klaus Major]

Hi Jan,

>> Trevor DeVore <lists at mangomultimedia.com> wrote:
> <http://www.macworld.com/2004/02/reviews/revolution21/>
>> and a superb TROLL:

Yo :-)

>> ====
>> Just don't imagine that you'll be able to build the
>> ambitious programs you can turn out with RealBasic and Xcode.
>> ====
> I have to say, that was the one remark I didn't like ;

...AND especially his "drawbacks":

> Naturally, there are drawbacks. The stand-alone apps you build in 
> Revolution
> run more slowly than comparable RealBasic or AppleScript Studio 
> projects,
> and they take up a lot more space.

RR slower than VB???
More space???
Outer space???

> Also, Transcript is a proprietary language, so, unlike BASIC or 
> AppleScript,
>  you can't use it to program in another environment.

This one is extremely funny :-D
Basic is an "allround" language?
Geeeeeeeez...

And what really shoots me:

> And while Revolution is considerably more powerful than HyperCard,
> it lacks the flexibility of a conventional software-development 
> environment.

No comment...

> ...But I'm preaching to the choir here ;-)

Amen, brother, amen!

> Jan Schenkel.

Regards

Klaus Major
klaus at major-k.de
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