Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: Notesfiles $Revision: 1.7.0.5 $; site uiucdcs Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!seefromline From: liberte@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA Newsgroups: net.micro.mac Subject: Re: NEON! ? Message-ID: <99700024@uiucdcs> Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 02:02:00 EDT Article-I.D.: uiucdcs.99700024 Posted: Fri Jul 12 02:02:00 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 13-Jul-85 14:27:27 EDT References: <25400007@ISM780> Lines: 28 Nf-ID: #R:ISM780:25400007:uiucdcs:99700024:000:1175 Nf-From: uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA!liberte Jul 12 01:02:00 1985 I found NEON to be, unfortunately, very FORTH-like. I have developed an abhorance for unreadable syntax. I think my first project will be developing infix fixes of a general nature. But if you want to do tricky things with the dictionary, you need extra documentation which costs extra. I had nothing but an evening of crashes while trying to use NEON with RAMdisk or Switcher. Groan and moan... Seems that it requires the whole system to be in one place so you cannot split off NEON from its loadable classes. Somehow, it busted (made unloadable) my copy of the software during a crash, but I wasnt even writing anything. Nothing in the manual that I could find told how to reference files on alternate volumes. Opening the editor desk accessory twice causes an infinite stream of bombs. Many errors that would crash other systems are caught and reported by NEON, but the display is generally a mess - menus are left inverted, it writes in the wrong windows sometimes, prompts are not always given, etc. And there is no floating point yet. Dont wouldnt worry if you missed the promotional period. Dan LaLiberte liberte@uiucdcs.Uiuc.ARPA ihnp4!uiucdcs!liberte