Hello andrew!

08 Jun 03 20:27, andrew clarke wrote to Gerrit Kuehn:


 ac> Because my time is limited, and development time under C++ Builder is 
 ac> at least 10 times quicker than the next best thing, and I am very 
 ac> familiar with it, whereas I'm not at all familiar with other 
 ac> multiplatform GUI systems for C++.
 ac> My main aim is to write a decent FidoNet reader for the Windows GUI, 
 ac> because I don't think one exists yet.

Ok, I see.

 ac> So far the closest thing I've seen to what I'd like is FleetStreet 
 ac> for OS/2.

Some other programs come to my mind: SemPoint, WinPoint, APoint. However,
they're not only editors, but integrated packages with mailer etc. I also
like the look and feel of Jesper Sörensen's Gleipner; but that software
doesn't use the kind of messagebases you're looking for, I guess.

 ac> If Java weren't so slow to execute on my development machine(s), and 
 ac> if I had a RAD (Rapid Application Development) environment for it, 
 ac> and if I didn't have to rewrite the MSGAPI in Java, and if I actually 
 ac> liked the Java language itself, I might consider doing it (ie. 
 ac> snowball's chance in hell).

I see. :-)

I don't want to make you change your mind, but on my machine Java isn't
noticably slower than gcc. Having mentioned Kylix/Borland C++, you should
have a look at Borland's JBuilder as RAD. Rewriting MSGAPI also isn't
neccessary, you can access it via JNI (JavaNativeInterface).
Liking the language... well, actually I don't like it, either. However, I
like C even less. ;-)


Regards,
Gerrit

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