Re: Ada and graphics

[mfeldman@seas.gwu.edu (Michael Feldman)]

In article <JGOODSEN.94Nov28211857@trinidad.ny>,
John Goodsen <jgoodsen@trinidad.ny> wrote:

>Check out HeraGraph from EVB Software Engineering (info@evb.com) if you
>want to see how snazzy, portable Ada graphics applications can be built in tens of
>lines of pure Ada code.  Haven't seen anything else written in Ada that even
>compares closely to it...

I've seen demos of HeraGraph. As I recall, what I saw was very nice.

So here is an example of a vendor selling a very nice portable, easy-to-use
graphics package. Everybody out there, raise your hand if you've heard
of this product. Raise both hands if you have an idea of the price.

I'm guessing that I won't see too many hands. And this is the group
that is most interested in Ada. So tell us, John, why this product is
virtually unknown here and certainly un-advertised "out there".

These discussions always remind me of the TV commercial showing the
forlorn toy store owner who never got any customers 'cause he neglected 
to put an ad in the Yellow Pages. EVB is guaranteed to remain small
unless it figures out how to get visibility for its products.

Mike Feldman
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