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From: rind@popvax.uucp (747707@d.rind)
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Subject: Re: Doubts on TP 6.0 updatating being worth the while
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Date: 16 Jan 91 13:28:56 GMT
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In article <1991Jan16.142841.18@csc.canterbury.ac.nz>
 phys169@csc.canterbury.ac.nz writes:
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>Also, I've heard TP 6 requires lots of CPU speed and a lot of disk, for
>relatively few benefits (yet another GUI, but no MS-Winodows, not decent
>high-memory support, no >64Kb arrays, etc). Any contradictions? or should I
>wait for TP7??

After using TP 6.0 for about a month now, I think the improvements to
the IDE (like multiple windows) are just about balanced by the things
they did that make it less intuitive and harder to use without a
mouse.
TurboVision is taking me a long time to figure out (perhaps someone with
a lot of OOP experience would have an easier time, but I think the
problem is just figuring out someone else's concept of how to do
things.)  On the plus side, there are all sorts of bizarre references
to old Monty Python routines scattered through the manual.


David Rind
rind@popvax.harvard.edu