Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/08/07/11:20:23
From what I've seen, and I have Inprise/Borlands C++Builder 3.0 Pro,
the ultimate in visual/RAD development... with the compiler doing most
of the "thinking" for you.. it tends to make you a SLOPPIER programmer
in the long run.
Fortunately, Builder is flexible enough to actually let me type in the
code I want; I don't have to take just what the compiler makes for me.
In the very good old days (Windows 3.11) programmers had to THINK
their way through programming, and the results were very impressive.
Today, programs are EXTREMELY BULKY, there is NO STANDARDIZED
SHARED LIBRARY, and its, amazingly with faster machines, incredibly
SLOW!
Port the same program to Windows 3.11, or a DOS 32-bit application,
and PRESTO... you'll wonder why you ever installed Win95/98 in the
first place!
On Thu, 05 Aug 1999 08:15:42 -0800, Clemens Valens
<c DOT valens AT mindless DOT com> wrote:
>Don't worry, as long as there are programmable things,
>there will be a need for programmers.
>
>Someone who doesn't understand programming can not program
>with visual tools. Programming tools are made for
>programmers and they should be as easy as possible. But to
>implement some optimized algorithm or whatever, you will
>have to be a good programmer in the first place. Tools only
>come second.
>
>BTW, DOS 6.22 is still very popular for embedded
>applications.
>
>Finally, FYI, Weiqi Gao's reply was a joke. I guess you are
>unfamiliar with this style of humor.
>
>Clemens
>
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