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Turbo Vision. It was the most sophisticated text mode UI ever created, with a stunning love to the little details (at least in Turbo Pascal 7). Today it would
by ge0rg 10y ago
Turbo Vision. It was the most sophisticated text mode UI ever created, with a stunning love to the little details (at least in Turbo Pascal 7).
Today it would still make sense for server applications, but the C++ port was rather horrible and nobody is still using Pascal :(
- lobster_johnson 10y agoEvery now and then I have to use a curses-based UI (the Linux kernel configurator, and Debian's package management stuff pops up dialogs, for example) and it always reminds me of how much better TurboVision was.
- jgilm 10y ago> nobody is still using Pascal While certainly Pascal is not a cool language anymore, I beg to differ about nobody using pascal. I use it to maintain a 1MM LoC for several medical devices. Some state agencies still use it for their software.