Re: Blackbox Oberon in the real world

From: [at]} <Werner>
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 12:21:20 +0100

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> Why :
> 1) terrible access to ASII text files, -- you know those files that
> everyboy use to pass data between unlike systems ??? I know you can work
> around such limitations -- most programmers say ' cant be bothered'

Hmm, have you tried our free "O³ Tools for BlackBox"?
In the Module O3stdFiles you find an CSV-Loader which helps much with
reading in ASCII-Data.

> 2) BB own file system is interesting , BUT, there is no way that I could
> commit any development to using that , its too weird for general usage ,
> and it leaves your product totaly out on a limb if you wish to move your
> files to another system. However its more or less what I would expect from
> a N.Wirth language product! :-)

We use the RTF export / import which enables using third pary software.

> After much scouting around I've 'probably' found the development
> environment "I" need. --- and its NOT OBERON :-)

Well and ours is definitly BlackBox.

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mit freundlichen Grüssen
Werner Braun
O³ Software GmbH & Co. KG * Eichkamp 1 * D-24217 Schönberg
http://www.o3-software.de * Telefon: 04344 41417-2
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Received on Mon Feb 10 2003 - 12:21:20 UTC