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From: kend@data.UUCP (Ken Dickey)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms.programmer
Subject: Re: Actor 3.0 vs. C++
Message-ID: <462@data.UUCP>
Date: 15 Mar 91 21:46:06 GMT
References: <1991Mar15.021537.28657@cec1.wustl.edu>
Organization: Microcosm, Beaverton, OR
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cjw4494@cec2.wustl.edu (Mr. White (cec cons)) writes:

> Any comparison between Actor and C++?

Personal $0.02:

C++ is a complex, batch environment.  Actor tools are interactive and
incremental.  I find actor very easy to develop working code with.  In
most cases when something bombs I drop into a source language level
debug window at point of error.  I can inspect any stack value and
clicking on any stack frame shows me source code.  In many cases I can
fix the problem and continue execution.  Hooking up an ascii monitor
to the RS232 port to run codeview is not my idea of a fun time.  Also,
I prefer "development support" environments to "language support"
environments.


-Ken Dickey					kend@data.uucp