Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!topaz.rutgers.edu!pboudrea From: pboudrea@topaz.rutgers.edu (Boudreau) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: New Manx Was: macro buffer size for Lattice and/or Manx Message-ID: Date: 13 Apr 89 12:36:56 GMT References: <16429@oberon.USC.EDU> <6515@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> Distribution: na Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 21 In article <6515@medusa.cs.purdue.edu> wolff@cs.purdue.EDU (Robert M. Wolff) writes: > From article <16429@oberon.USC.EDU>, by papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa): > > > > Never. They'll wait for 5.0. > > > > 5.0?? Arrgh, what's the reasoning behind that? I was under the impression > that 4.1 was ANSI standard and it was going to be quite nice. What is > it missing that 5.0 will have? Well, I talked briefly to the Manx people at the AmiExpo in New York recently. The plans are for a very *nice* integrated package (via AREXX ports). What this is: a new SDB, the 5.0 compiler, and Z talking together via AREXX to give a "QuickC" environment. Of course, since it is AREXX, you can use other editors instead of Z like CED or Uedit. I think it will be worth the wait. (Sometime in the summer, but I am not holding my breath)