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From: mikep@hpmwtd.HP.COM (Mike Powell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Can CanDo really do?
Message-ID: <22050002@hpmwmat.HP.COM>
Date: 21 Mar 91 04:49:20 GMT
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	Actually, for me, CanDo is only of limited value... with
	the upcoming release there should be some imprevements,
	but the general problem is that CanDo must provide
	a function for everything that you want to do...

	And if a particular function does not exist (like waiting
	until a key is pressed for example...) you are in trouble!

	There may be many work-arounds possible to get around these
	types of problems, but in order to figure them out you
	gotta be pretty darned good... a newcomer might be quite
	stuck.  Cando is also slow in many ways... so animated
	games might be quite tough to create.  

	I have just received The Director 2.  Even though this is
	more like a 'true' language (programming in a text editor),
	it is more versatel and powerful than CanDo... but is
	simple enough (and well documented enough) that the
	Director language can be learned in a short time... the 
	learning curve is a little steeper, but you will go 
	farther.  The same is probably true with AMOS... (also
	a 'true' line by line language)... although I have no
	experience with it...

	Good luck

	-Mike-