Re: cT

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1 total messages Started by Doug Michael Benning Mon, 13 Sep 1993 06:23

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Author: Doug Michael Benning
Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1993 06:23

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Soon this point of platforms will be MOOT!  Power PC is coming, and it
will run both DOS and Mac stuff.  Programs will no longer be a factor in
choosing a platform.  Get Macs if you are going to buy machines now, so
you can take advantage of Power PC!


On Sun, 12 Sep 1993, Ed Henke wrote:

> Ladies and Gentlemen,
>
>         The language cT was written by Bruce Sherwood and his staff at the
> Center for the Design of Educational Computing (CDEC) at Carnegie Mellon
> University.
>
>         Any program written in cT will rund on a Mac or a properly
> equipped clone.  One of the first things that cT does is check out what
> type of system it is running on and it then makes all the adjustments
> to permit it to run on either a Mac or a clone.  I have seen a cT program
> run on a Mac and then be ssent over the CMU computer network to a clone.
> which then ran the program complete with the graphics.  The language is
> also designed to automatically upgrade any programs written in a previous
> version of cT whenever the code is executed by a earlier version of the
> language.  This language is a major miracle that will hopefully make
> school boards refusal to buy certain types of computers unimportant.
>
> Ed Henke
> George Westinghouse HS
> Pgh, PA

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