AW: Blackbox Oberon in the real world

From: Zinn, Helmut <"Zinn,>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 08:33:43 +0100

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Dear Brett

> 3) poor documentation -- it appears to be well documented -- but its not, > it's just a collection of interesting 'articles' -- there's very little > information on how to program BB !! Indeed I was so annoyed at this that
I
> wrote my own user manual so at least I would not have to wander around the
BB
> Help !! ( its 175 pages of useful stuff)

Why don't you share your experience? Why don't you publish your user manual?
One year ago I already ask for it.

> 1) terrible access to ASCII text files, -- you know those files that
everybody
> use to pass data between unlike systems ???

That is not true, reading and writing ASCII-files is the same easy as
reading and writing odc-files
You found a lot of examples at subsystem Info at
http://home.t-online.de/home/a.h.zinn
I can search for patterns thru all files with the same procedure. It doesn't
matter if it is in ASCII or odc format.

Regards

Helmut Zinn

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Von: brett [mailto:dragoncity{([at]})nowhere.xyGesendet: Sonntag, 9. Februar 2003 16:48
An: blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xyBetreff: Blackbox Oberon in the real world
I read with interest the recent emails about promoting BB, after a sigh 'not
again' :-)
Firstly, let me explain that I really like BB !!
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