Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!ccwf.cc.utexas.edu From: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: NeXT Press Release Message-ID: <48227@ut-emx.uucp> Date: 1 May 91 16:40:18 GMT References: <47889@ut-emx.uucp> <47946@ut-emx.uucp> <6o6G#_oz1@cs.psu.edu> <48101@ut-emx.uucp> <-54Gwp=?1@cs.psu.edu> <48158@ut-emx.uucp> Sender: news@ut-emx.uucp Reply-To: greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Greg Harp) Organization: The University of Texas at Austin Lines: 46 In article melling@cs.psu.edu (Michael D Mellinger) writes: >I work on an IBM at work, and I menioned Objective C on the IBM >because you said something to the effect that the NeXT was the only >machine that one uses Objective C on. Well, when you originally brought up the IBM you made no mention of Obj. C. You were responding to my statement about how I use C++ over Obj. C because it is more standard. You said nothing about Obj. C compilers for the PeeCee. You simply said what is in quotes above. Stop changing history. >By IBM PCs. Plenty of competition for everything. ...except for compilers of little-used languages. >If the Amiga gains more acceptance then I might use it. I'm the kind >of guy that uses only uses something only after it becomes a standard. WHAT?! You're using a NeXT, which at most has 20-30,000 siblings currently in use! There are more than 2,000,000 Amigas in use. You think the NeXT is anywhere _near_ a standard? If you're just looking for standard Unix, you should be using an Intel- based box. After all, using your own reasoning, there are many more of then than NeXTs. Certainly if you're looking for a standard Unix box you don't want one with a proprietary GUI. >On the NeXT, I visually create a window by dragging it onto my screen >from a palette(a tool kit). I don't write any code. The same with >sliders, buttons, etc. IB gives me a a way of communicating(a >pointer) with the objects. I guess after initialization, a lot of >stuff is similar in both cases. You just call the appropriate >methods. However, being able design your interface visually can be >very helpful at times -- it takes some of the guessing work out of it. Yes. I know. You see, I've used an interface-builder or two on my Amiga. :-) IB, as nice as it is, isn't anything revolutionary. >-Mike Greg -- Greg Harp |"I was there to match my intellect on national TV, | against a plumber and an architect, both with a PhD." greg@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu| -- "I Lost on Jeopardy," Weird Al Yankovic