Transcript and Dot Notation

[Judy Perry]

Scott,

Creating a .notation of Rev will NOT keep strict x-Talkers happy.  I may
be the most vocal opponent, but I suspect I am far, far, from the only
one.

And, well, probably *everyone's* happy that I'm not in charge... ;-)

Judy

On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, Scott Kane wrote:

> Judy,
> The Mac end of development is pretty much cornered by Rev,
> RealBasic, QT C++ and a few also-rans.  Many developers from
> .notation backgrounds (Delphi, VB, C++ Builder and more recently
> .Net) would jump at the chance to program for the Mac if they
> didn't have to learn a new language construct - which to them
> Revolution certainly is.  RealBasic uses .Notation - but it's
> buggy, unstable and really rather crude (IMHO).  If a development
> platform like Rev existed that had .Notation it would be a tremendous
> boon to the Mac software community as it would be quicker and easier
> to get up to speed (obvious user interface issues would still be a
> learning curve - but then so it is anybody writing for Mac the first
> time
> using Rev).  Now - if I was running RunRev (and you can all be eternally
> glad I'm not <g>) I'd seriously look at creating a new product that did
> exactly that.  A .Notation version of Rev.  That would keep the
> X-Talkers
> happy and would bring in new blood - much faster - IMHO - than Rev does.
> I've recommended Rev to several developers who work with Windows
> .notation
> platforms.  They have all been scared off by transcript as it is as
> alien
> to them as is .notation to many transcript people.  Interestingly they
> have all also reject RealBasic (to buggy), QT C++ (to fragmented) and
> several new IDE's currently in the initial stages of release.  I really
> do believe RunRev could increase their market share by a larger factor
> considering by considering this issue.
>
> It's a compromise.  X-Talks for those that want it or .notation for
> those
> that do not.  It's not a far stretch as many development platform
> companies
> (Borland and MS for example) do exactly that with, for example object
> Pascal, C++ etc
> all under their wing.