Re: [MLUG] kylix

[Ian Monroe <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I use C++ Builder a lot and I'am making a game that will probably be easy
to port once they come out with the C++ version of Kylix. Really though, I
would like to see a RAD (Rapid Application Development) that doesn't use
OOP (Object-Oriented Programming), seems like it would be hard. Or maybe
you mean they are just visual dev environments, which is perhaps different
from RAD? Because what makes Builder a RAD as opposed to a normal IDE is
all the classes that come with it.

The classes that come with make it easy to have things like make lists of
other classes, writing to files, internet, front ends to the Windows API
(for Kylix it will be a frontend to QT) and what-not. The ablity to drop
components unto a form at design-time is nice, but not the most important
part considering all the dynamic stuff I have do for the game. The main
thing I like about the visual widget-stuff is that it makes learning all
the methods and properities of the classes easier, making it easier to do
it dynamically.

So, I think it is filling a unfilled niche in Linux programming.

In my computer programming class we were using C++ Builder without really
knowing about OOP. I've just now been learning about inheritance and
polymorphism from reading a book, both things used a lot in Builder.

I heard that they were going to make the whole thing free for GPL use
(like what QT does), but maybe I misread (I'm sure that Borland marketing 
wouldn't mind me mis-reading in this way).

The date I heard was the ambiguous "Summer" as when they were releasing a
free version, which doesn't mean they didn't also say "June" at some
point.

Ian


On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Michael wrote:

> It looks okay although some reviews I've seen of it noted slight glitches
> because of it's Wine reliance, especially during the install stage and
> some library weirdness due mostly to them trying to make it user-friendly
> to install even at risk of annoying better educated users. I can see how
> this would be good for in-house programming for companies that already
> have Delphie experience but I still think most people from Linux
> experience are more likely to use C or Python - both of which have some
> decent visual dev enviroments udner Linux already in progress. Weren't
> they releasing the free version in June? Did that never happen? I had a
> dim memory of seeing it on their website but I could be wrong. :)

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