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From: dave@emerald.PRC.Unisys.COM (David Lee Matuszek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Prototyper opinions?
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Date: 31 Jan 89 19:58:00 GMT
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I am thinking about purchasing Prototyper, by SmetherBarnes.  Is this
any good?  Is there something better?

I use Lightspeed Pascal (the version just before the current expensive
upgrade--I forget the number).  I have read the Chernikoff books and
understood them well enough to get a simple interface largely written,
but I don't have Inside Mac and, more importantly, I don't have a lot
of time to spend with my Mac.

Prototyper promises to let me build my interface in a Mac-like manner,
then produce Pascal code I can use in my program.  Does it deliver?
I found TransSkel to be less useful than Chernikoff's well-documented
code--is Prototyper just another TransSkel?

A recent ad says "After starting Prototyper last night at 11pm, by 2am
this morning I had generated 3/4 of a megabyte of user interface source
code."  I personally don't *want* 3/4 meg of source code--does anyone
know if this is reasonably compact code, or does Prototyper just spew
out lots of redundant code?

All opinions are welcome.  Only YOU can prevent bad purchases!  Please
reply directly to me; I will summarize to the net if I accumulate
enough information.

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-- Dave Matuszek (dave@prc.unisys.com)
-- Unisys Corp. / Paoli Research Center / PO Box 517 / Paoli PA  19301
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