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From: Jan Atle Ramsli <trollet@skynet.be>
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Subject: Mjolner 5.2.2, Bravo & praise.
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I didnt set my expectations skyhigh for this release, since it was
described as a 'minor-bugfix' release.

But boy was I surprised!
>From the first moment I fell in love with Beta, the language, and I was
fascinated by the idea of 'Programming in UML'  - the latter, however,
required me to use the mjolner tool.

And I must admit I did not like the mjolner tool, I found it awkward,
and it had some nasty tendencies towards me as well, it did not like
idiots, and it definitely considered me to be one.

So, I made syntax files for Nedit and made some Beta programs that I was
quite proud of.

Now, all that has changed!!

This new mjolner tool looks like the old one, but it hasn't thrown me
off once, just told me when I did something stupid, and let me correct
it!
All my Beta programming will now happen using mjolner!

I am currently trying out the Linux version, my Ultra 10 will get it's
install a little later.
I am also running JBuilder5 (and may 6 if I can get the documentation to
install) - but for that I need to cut out a portion of my hide to pay
for an Ultra 10 memory upgrade.
JBuilder6 that to install the doc and samples,  JBuilder5 installs and
requires 128Mb to say 'Hello', 256-512Mb to run without stopping for
swap every time you press 'Help'.
Combine with another Windows-only bloat called Rational Rose, and you
get Mjolner capability for Java, probably requiring some half gigabyte
to run together, and probably about as well integrated as a Norwegian in
Belgium :-)

Even without mentioning such extremely inefficient superbloats, the
Mjolner Beta System is still the most impressive programming tool I have
ever seen.

I ran mjolner 5.2.1 on my 16Mb 16-bit Amstrad 486SLC-33 with no problem
at all.

Now that the mjolner tool has become so attractive, this system must
conquer the world.

Thanks, guys, pralines will be coming!

Atle

(PS: I am currently taking a course in AI at the Open University, we use
a system called Flex.
Would it be OK if I gave my tutor a homeburned ISO image to let him see
how great this system would be as an AI tool?
:PS)

(PS2: How much work would it be to add context-sensitive help [F1] to
the source editor? This was the feature I most appreciated in Turbo
Pascal, and later Turbo C, and for the price of an additional 128Mb, I
now got it in JBuilder  - I have quite a few ideas on how that should be
implemented :PS2)