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'''Actor''' is an object oriented software development tool developed by the [[Whitewater Group]].
'''Actor''' is an object-oriented software development tool developed by the [[Whitewater Group]].
 
The Actor programming language is a mixture of Smalltalk, C, Pascal and FORTH.
 
==Features==
*Comments in PL/I-style (/* ... */)
*Assignments in Pascal-style (:=)


==Version==
==Version==

Revision as of 15:56, 3 May 2023

Actor is an object-oriented software development tool developed by the Whitewater Group.

The Actor programming language is a mixture of Smalltalk, C, Pascal and FORTH.

Features

  • Comments in PL/I-style (/* ... */)
  • Assignments in Pascal-style (:=)

Version

  • 1.0 (1987)
  • 1.1 (1988) - new debugger
  • 1.2 (1989) - supports EMS, Windows/286 2.1, Windows/386 2.1
  • 2.0 (1989)
  • 3.0 (1990)
  • 3.1 (Feb 1991)
  • 4.0 (1991)
  • 4.1 (1993)

Actor Professional included the Whitewater Resource Toolkit and ObjectGraphics.

Publications

  • Marty Franz: Object-Oriented Programming Featuring Actor - Scott Foresman 1989, ISBN 0-673-38641-4
  • E.R. Tello: Actor Does More Than Windows - Dr. Dobb's Journal (Jan 1988)
  • Jeff Duntemann: OOPs, I Stepped in Something GUI... - Dr. Dobb's Journal (Dec 1989)
  • Zack Urlocker: Abstracting the User Interface - JOOP (Nov/Dec 1989)
  • Zack Urlocker: Breaking Technical Barriers in the 1990s - JOOP (Jan/Feb 1990)
  • Ray Duncan: Power Programming: Actor: A Development Environment for Windows Applications - PC Magazine (21 Mar 1991)