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From: a976@mindlink.UUCP (Ron Tarrant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: PowerWindows
Message-ID: <4539@mindlink.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 91 13:26:06 GMT
Organization: MIND LINK! - British Columbia, Canada
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> cmp8133@information-systems.east-anglia.ac.uk writes:
> 
> I want to buy PowerWindows 2.5 for designing userinterfaces.
> However, I'd like to program in Modula2 using Benchmark's Modula
> 2 construction set. Does anyone know whether that's possible using
> PowerWindows?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Steve
> cmp8133@sys.uea.ac.uk
> University of East Anglia
> Norwich
> England


PW2.5 has two translators included, one for Benchmark M-II and the other for
TDI. I can't tell you how good they are since I work almost exclusively in C.
I can tell you that PW is a bit quirky and, when you first work with it, can be
confusing. The manual is very little help unless you're a seasoned programmer
(another case of letting the programmer write the manual instead of getting a
professional writer to do it; sort of like getting an auto mechanic to director
a film, it might get done but the results might not be worth looking at). But I
digress too much...
If you have problems finding your way around Power Windows 2.5, send me e-mail.
I'll see if I can help.
-Ron Tarrant
a976@Mindlink.UUCP