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'CanDo' What is it???

    19-Jul-89 10:44:46
Sb: #19668-'CanDo' What is it???
Fm: Martin Murray 73270,3600
To: Jim Marias 75436,126
Shoot me your address again in case the office didn't get the info to you yet! I'll make sure you get it fast. "Conditional" ARexx Objects is almost right. Imagine being able to easily tell your program "Wait for string X to come into this ARexx port and then do script Y". Scripts in CanDo can play sounds or start BrushANIMs running or switch to new screens with completely different interfaces. I've seen the UltraCard browser also, and I can tell you one difference between the two that may interest you (they are nothing alike at all, really): CanDo uses the Amiga operating system. CanDo has gadgets, menus, timers, etc., and they all go through the OS. This means that when you have created a CanDo application you can know that it is as reliable as the Amiga itself. We haven't tried to rewrite the way the Amiga works. It also means that when CanDo programs aren't doing anything, they are doing NOTHING. They take no CPU time when they are idle. Therefore, everything about CanDo and the things you generate with it multitask beautifully. The price for CanDo will be $149.95. It's a professional level product, will come with a 100+ page manual, and 2 disks, one full of examples.