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From: mm5l+@andrew.cmu.edu (Matthew Mashyna)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Prototyper 2.1
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Date: 22 Jan 90 17:14:14 GMT
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Michael J Kobb writes:

"Has anybody used Prototyper 2.1?... Their demo docs say it will
generate both Pascal and C source, but MacWarehouse's ad only mentions
Pascal.  They couldn't possibly have made a mistake as big as leaving
out C could they?  (I mean the Prototyper folks...). I would plan to use
THINK C 4.0 as the development platform..."

I've used older versions of Prototyper. If it now supports OOPS I'll
order one! But I don't think it does. 
Assuming it doesn't : I'm not sure that I would want to use it to
generate code for an Object Oriented project. The Think Class Library
(and MacApp) provides enough of an application shell to get you started.
I think I could put together an application faster with the TCL than
generating a prototype and doing A LOT of search and replace (and
general clean up). Plus the code, if it's not already OOP-ified will not
really fit into the OOP code. About the only thing it will save you time
on is dialogs.

I really liked using it for a quick start before Think 4.0 and MPW C++,
but the objects have won me over.



Matt Mashyna
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Macintosh Initiative,
H&SS Dean's Office,
Macoops Coordinator,
Podiatrist
and Metaphysician
Carnegie Mellon