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From: robs@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Rob Schaeffer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Easy GUI accessible through Lightspeed C?
Message-ID: <1990Nov7.191545.26932@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 7 Nov 90 19:15:45 GMT
References: <14369@cs.utexas.edu> <27092@cs.yale.edu>
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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pharr-matthew@cs.yale.edu (Matthew Pharr) writes:

>In article <14369@cs.utexas.edu> turpin@cs.utexas.edu (Russell Turpin) writes:
>>-----
>>I am considering Lightspeed C for writing a Mac application.  I
>>am underimpressed with the standard Mac procedures for
[...]
>>boxes, push buttons, etc, without all the mess. 

>Although I've only played with a demo version, there is a program called
>Prototyper that lets you set up menus, windows, dialogs, alerts, etc, etc,
>very quickly and easily. It then cranks out code in any of a number of
>langauges, including Lightspeed C. It sounds like this solves your problem,
>but someone who has used it a little more extensively than I could probably
>give you a better answer...

Prototyper is amazing.  It is sort of like HyperCard, except that
instead of a stack, you get C or Pascal code that you compile and
have an empty interface.  Then you add in the meat of your
program.  Very nice.

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