METACARD ACQUIRED BY RUN REV!!!

[Robert Brenstein]

Catching up after two-week vacation...

>xbury.cs at clearstream.com wrote:
>
>>  Can anyone give us a difference list?
>
>a summary:
>
>           MetaCard              Revolution
>
>Engine    same                  same
>
>           Both use the same engine; languages features,
>           speed etc. identical for both

I am not sure this is quite correct. The core language is the same, 
of course, but Rev has a number of extensions to the language of 
MetaCard. Although they are outside the engine itself, they are 
defined as part of Rev's language as far as I know (probably not all 
MC commands are purely in engine itself either).

>
>IDE       fast but spartan;     feature-rich; slower
>           few command keys      in some operations
>           and fewer palettes    requiring lots of
>           means many trips to   palette updates
>           the menu bar

I tried Rev earlier on my G3 PowerBook, my main MC development tool. 
The IDE took so much screen estate, I could barely work and had to 
constantly shift windows/palettes around. I wonder whether this got 
any better in 2.x.

>
>Docs      bare bones;           extensive; complete
>           often presumes        examples for nearly
>           familiarity           every token; requires
>           with UNIX;            more memory
>           compact
>

System requirements: cpu/memory ?

support list activity: posts per day ?

direct support from company:  email/phone/costs ?

Robert