From: Simon Bell (simonbell_at_mac.com)
Date: Tue May 25 2004 - 07:12:50 PDT
On 25 May, 2004, at 2:17 pm, Brian Uhreen wrote:
> I have a question about programming applications for the newt: How do
> you
> know whether to use newtscript or c++ or asm, etc.
There's a trade-off.
NewtonScript:
o is tightly bound to the user interface
o is very compact
o allows rapid prototyping
C++
o is faster
See the Newton C++ Tools Programmer's Reference for a full explanation
of why you shouldn't use C++ unless you absolutely have to.
Mail V's Image Stationery, for example, although not an application per
se, uses NewtonScript for the view in which a Newton bitmap is
displayed but C++ to convert JPEG (or whatever) data to a Newton
bitmap.
Simon
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