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Re: [ECS] general comments about ECS joerut.epix.net Mon, 13 Nov 2000 17:37:24 -0500

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Hello

I am a bit confused about this comment. Are you stating that you 
can write a program such as ECS that includes support for  ALL of 
the included interfaces in a windows type environment in LESS 
time that it would take to learn ECS itself ?? I think if you are not in 
the market to sell such a program and make some big money it 
would be easier to learn ECS. I just look at it as another 
programming environment. Actually you will find that when you get 
used to it there is very little typing involved and events can be 
easily debugged and traced. I think that everyone on the list has a 
item they wish ECS can do more easily. The point is that if you 
have a custom program then that program is only good for yourself. 
I think ECS is general enough to serve most peoples needs with 
minimal confusion.

Later 
Joe Rut



On 13 Nov 2000, at 10:08, JoAnne Letkeman wrote:

> Hi All,
>  
>      Some time ago (over a year probably) I gave ECS a try and
> found it didn't work well for me.  I found it very confusing trying
> to get rid of the default functions without disabling the whole thing
> and could never get the newly written functions to work the way I
> wanted.  Being an embedded programmer, I always wanted to 
> "write the code" instead of being forced to do it the ECS way and
> I had an existing graphical interface that displayed a floor plan of
> the house with doors and window states being displayed.  After
> getting ECS to interface to a VB program through the DDE link,
> I finally gave up because the whole thing seemed too dis-jointed.
> I told myself that it would be easier to just write the whole thing
> myself and erased ECS.  Since then I have continued to follow
> this mailing list and have noticed a lot of very enthusiastic people
> with what sounds like some great ideas and after a year or so
> I still haven't gotten around to writing my own system.  
>   My point in writing this is to find out if others have found the
> ECS system difficult at first but stuck with it despite their 
> "do it myself" attitude?  I'm considering giving ECS another
> try but would like to know whether the average ECS user knows
> anything about programming and maybe it is easier for them
> to figure out because they don't have pre-conceived knowledge
> or ability (in programming)  This in no way is meant as a slur
> or meant to start a flame war.  Or maybe like all things worth
> doing right, it takes time and patience to learn and spending a few
> hours isn't enough??  Comments??
> 
> Sincerely,
> Max
> 
> 
> 

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