Oh , I see , I'm sorry . I didn't pay attention . I know Object DCL and I was very excited when it was released . However , though I decided to use it in order to update my old DCL projects , at the end I decided not to do . You know why ? Well , my first version of Object DCl was downloaded simply by luck when I run onto it on a site . I went quicly to my home and try to use it , but i simply could not . Then I found out that the downloaded files (*.arx files) were not working with on my current version of AutoCAD becouse they were actually made for the 2000 version . Well , at the end I found and downloaded newer files of Object DCL that actually worked . But this fact put me into thoughts : what happens if , when the AutoCAD's version is changed again , noone updates the Object DCL's files ? Eee ? Well , I quess , the answer is that all code written in that language will be lost and useles .
Now , the above event , combined with a thought of mine (which I will describe you below) , make me add a few more lines in this topic as a response to CAB who said that LISP , unlike VBA , will keep existing becouse there are so many routines out there . He even said that there will be loud complains in the contrar event .
Well ... let me tell you a terrible thought of mine ... And when I say terrible , I don't mean terrible , I mean TERRIBLE . In other words , horrible :realmad: .
So , sit well in your warm chair , inside your little warm house or wherever you are , let the lights on and listen to what I'll say :
Once upon a time , on a land not far from here , there was great company that used to create great programs for CAD (Computer Aided Design) . Its name was AutoSOFT (like Autodesk , Microsoft - you get the point) . That company, sorry that great company , created a very popular drawing program , but above all , also created a powerfull tool with which many simple users could use it and create extra tools for the drawing application . The name of that powerful tool was VLA , which meant Visual Lisp for Applications and was also around on an even larger edition called simply Visual Lisp .
Those tools were more than great and many simple people (just like me , you and many others) used them and created plenty and very nice programs , many of which were provided for free .
Thus , the whole world was happy and cheerful . The sky was blue , the grass was green and cows were fat etc etc etc .
Time passed by and many versions of that powerful tool were created , and as was before , so once again there was happiness in that land .
Then , one day , a shadow fell upon the land ...
The happiness that once was on that land started to faint ...
Ravens appeared in the sky and the people of the land felt uncomfortable . Rumours raised across the land ... Rumours that the president of AutoSOFT , called Bill Doors , had turned on an evil man . He had decided to destroy all that he created and all that the simple programers , mentioned above , had created too .
Then the rumours came true ......
No healthy mind across the land could ever imagine what an evil plan Bill Doors had put on . With a single commercial strike , he released a new version of VL , called Visual Lisp .NET , which was no longer compatible with any of its previous releases . So , in a single night , millions of millions of code lines became uselles ... and the creators of those lines , were actually decapitated ...
So chaos was casted upon that land , leading it to eternal damnation ...
And they lived condamned for ever after
The End ...
So , for all you out there , pull upwards your blanket and cover yourshelf , assume the embryo position , close your eyes and sleep tight in your sleep , without making any noises and staying still ...
Becouse evil is outside and awaits ...
I hope I didn't scare you , but the truth is that the above thought was a terrible one . For those who didn't understand , I explain that I somehow described the crime that Microsoft did a few years ago , when it did something that noone ever imagined : with the release of a new version of Visual Basic , automaticlly turned useless all anterior programs created with versions prior to VB .NET . And as far as concerning the complainments it received ... well they were really many (I quess even more of those CAB had in mind) but were in vain .
Now , there is an ancient chinese proverm which sais : "What happened once , might happen again" .
I quess there isn't any one out there that does not understand what I mean .
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