Re: [MacPerl] What are MacPerl's capabilities

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 17.35 -0400 1999.04.07, Bart Lateur wrote:
>On Wed, 07 Apr 1999 09:40:52 -0500, Robert Pollard wrote:
>>I have looked at MacPerl and read the manual to a point.  I am impressed
>>so far but I have a couple of questions:
>>1) How far can MacPerl go in allowing me to use the Mac Toolbox to do
>>things like display a window with the ability to enter into fields any
>>information I want and store it in a database of my own design?
>
>Sorry but I have to disagree with Chris on this one. Methinks that
>MacPerl is a poor choice to build user-interfaces in. That stage is
>still, huh, "under construction".

Depends on what you are using it for.  I use it regularly specifically for
the purpose above: data entry into fields to save in a file.  I even have a
floating palette.  I use it for my mp3tag program and my targzipme program,
and I never have any problems at all.

That is not to say it is easy to do, and not to say there aren't problems.
But it works, and for the most part, works well in many areas.


>Hmm... "front ends" is one thing I don't use Perl for. I'm not saying it
>can't be done, but it definitely isn't amongst MacPerl's stronger
>points. Yet. :-)
>
>Wel, just one guy's opinion.

Certainly it can use work, both in stability and ease of use.  But it is
there, it is pretty powerful, and it works.  The 5.2.0r4 release seems to
have made it much more stable, too.

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