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From: tvillan@hpccc.HP.COM (Tim Villanueva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: ACTOR
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Date: 6 Apr 88 18:46:47 GMT
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/ hpccc:comp.lang.smalltalk / nelson@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Russ Nelson) /  7:16 am  Apr  4, 1988 /
In article <1576@osiris.UUCP> patr@osiris.UUCP (Patrick Barta) writes:
>>I was wondering if anyone has any hands on experience with the Whitewater
>>Group's ACTOR program and Microsoft Windows 2.0.
>>
>>I am considering ACTOR as a quick way to get some prototype
>>Windows programs running.
>
>Yes, ACTOR is pretty cool, and pretty cheap for educational institutions, only
>$99 for the first copy, $99 for a site license.
>
>ACTOR is indeed the best way to prototype Windows programs.
>-- 
>-russ
>AT&T: (315)268-6591  BITNET: NELSON@CLUTX  Internet: nelson@clutx.clarkson.edu
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I have been investigating ACTOR as a prototyping tool also.  I certainly
does seem like a great way to prototype.  But be careful, the implementation
of ACTOR is quite poor.  It is an object-oriented system, but it is not
TRUE in terms of extensibility or portability (alas... why it is a 
PROTOTYPING tool).   The other problem is memory is scarce while in
the ACTOR system.

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