Re: XyWrite for Windows

[Robert Holmgren holmgren@xxxxxxxx]

** Reply to note from "Bob Brody"  Thu, 19 Dec 1996 13:50:47 +0000

> If I recall correctly (which isn't a given) the macro language in
> Word for Windows is rooted in Basic.

When you say "Word", you mean MSWord, right? Wasn't that always your WP of
choice?

> Herb Tyson said it was the best word processor macro
> language he'd come across, even better than XPL ....

What did _you_ think of Word's macro language?

> So, if it's true that WinWord's macro language is Basic-oriented,
> it seems to get pretty high marks from people in the trenches.

On the face of it, these commendations argue straightforwardly for use of
Microsoft Word. They don't bear at all on the propriety (appropriateness)
of Basic as a macro language for XyWrite.

I know that XPL is, either, 1) very close to, or 2) identical to, the
actual way that XyWrite "thinks" and functions internally. Because
XPL mirrors in its structure the way XyWrite works, it encourages
programmers to think in harmony with the program, which induces efficient
code. It's always best to speak the language of the machine, and not
emulate, translate, or thunk.



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Robert Holmgren
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