LOGO-L> Re: programming

[George Mills <mills@softronix.com>]

jstclair@omsd.cerf.fred.org wrote:
> 
> Please reply to pyro@vci.net  or  logo-l@gsn.org   NOT  logo-list@gsn.org
> or  me.
> 
> -John
> --Message below re-posted by <jstclair@omsd.cerf.fred.org>
> Date - Wed, 11 Jun 1997 20:26:14 GMT
> Reply-to - pyro@vci.net
> >From - pyro@vci.net (Pyro)
> To - jcstclair@omsd
> Subject - programming
> Usenet: comp.lang.logo
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>         I am working on a windows application using MSWLogo . I think
> there is no way to  make it an executable file . What language can be
> used to make EXE's . I am new to programming so I really don't know
> much about compilers , decompilers , interpreted languages , and other
> things . Will som one please tell me about them ?

To do a True Windows .EXE you need "C" (Visual C++) or "Pascal"
(Delphi/Turbo Pascal).

These take quite some time to learn.

Next closest thing is Microsoft Visual Basic. You can make ".EXEs" with
it but it's not a true .EXE you have to carry some other baggage
(part of Visual Basic Engine) along for the ride.

Some other "Visual Basic" venders I believe have true machine code
.EXEs.

You might consider Java. It's better than Logo in this respect
(distributing
applications) but not really a .EXE (the Idea is to not have .EXEs) and
be Machine
independent. At a cost of being slower and less flexible than say Visual
C++.

Don't forget with MSWLogo your allowed to distribute MSWLogo with
your application for free. You can make Icons and installation such that
the user gets a single Icon which they click that loads MSWLogo and
runs your application.

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George Mills (mills@softronix.com)
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