What about the C-compilers and high level languages?

There is a sort of visual basic in BeOS? Is the C IDE and symbol browser evolved enough
(as MSVC)?

I'm very interested in BeOS, where can I get a copy for my intel computer in Italy?

Happy BeOSing

Gab

Matt J. Ingalls wrote:
> 
> --- You wrote:
> What are the benefits of BeOS about the AUDIO in comparison with the other OS?
> --- end of quote ---
> 
> well this is based on my recent experience transitioning from mac programming
> to beOS programming:
> 
> -Be is selling itself as the "mediaOS"
> (http://www.be.com/products/beos_tour/screen3.html)
> 
> -you can get real-time sound in/out with about 10 lines of code instead of
> 1000's (as in mac) thats enough reason right there for me.
> 
> -more on user level: the multi-threaded audio/midi/? streams let applications
> easily pass audio and control messages -- latest BeOS versions let you "mix" all
> currently running sound apps, and ive heard rumors of having an "effects"
> stream, so (to use
> current commercial metaphors) you can have a bunch of running sound applications
> all patched into eachother, essentially each app becomes a "plug-in" to the OS's
> sound
> manager.
> 
> -on top of that, BeOS is just a simple, elegant OS (no legacy code garbage) that
> runs on
> PPCs(except G3s) and Intel boxes , and is not Microsoft or Apple.
> 
> - since we as csound users are used to being marginalized anyway, i would
> encourage
> everyone to check it out and consider Be-ing
> 
> --- im really trying to move in that direction  for all my "personal" projects
> 
> -matt

-- 
Gabriel Maldonado