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In article <AAAxbBhue5@numond.msk.su> agpro@numond.msk.su writes:
>
>     ==== The program is so long, but the life is so short...====
>
>                                       Andrew M. Gershun.
>
>P.S.S. Am I naives boy in my "far away Russia"? Maybe you write you
>  program with same tools as I dream? Or, maybe, there is other
>  style than "like-Petzold" or "like-SDK" style? Plase answer me!

I agree that writing a Windows program required a lot more effort than writing
a "simple" C program.

I think that the use of long names with some uppercase letters for API calls
and predefined message names is very useful when trying to write code which
is self-documenting. Predefining large slabs of code and only aloowing the
user to specify I_WANT_A_WINMAIN() may be reasonably for most applications,
but there are people who wish to modify certain parameters or some of the
functionality of WINMAIN. A general purpose language should allow flexibility
and not limit the programmer.

If you find that programming for Windows is too verbose and you wish to remain
with C and SDK (or similar), I suggest that you build up a library of skeleton
code wich you can use over and over with any new project. All you need do is
fill in the blanks to create a new program. This saves you much typing, but
still allows for full flexibility and program documentation.

Failing this, there are many "higher level" application generators which don't
require as much work from the programmer.


Regards,
         Steve

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