ance of the windows, icons to be used
for the programme symbol and any tail-
ormade buttons, and a set of help and
message files. Since the operating sys-
tem knows all these facilities (remem-
ber the modules mentioned earlier) any
defining can be compact and efficient.
The programmer is expected to adhere
to certain rules to ensure consistency
of all programming. This will reduce
learning time for the end user.
Programmability of RISC OS is out-
standing, thanks partly to an excellent
Programmer’s Reference Manual and
the Style Guide.
ARM-assembler
Basic IV
C++
Java
RISC OS networking
I
n Maastricht, Holland, the Regionaal
Pedagogisch Centrum has 36 RISC
OS machines operating in a network. It
has three printer servers, one network
server and one database server. This
network never fails or crashes. The
manager is credited 40 work hours on
a yearly basis.
Citrix ICA client
R
ISC OS com-
puters can be
incorporated in
a Citrix ICA client
network. Even ten-
year-old machines
can be still be
used in a network.
Manageability and
costs.
I
n the RISC OS
world ‘only’ two
hundred viruses
are known, which
are quite control-
lable. RISC operat-
ing systems can-
not be affected by
viruses of other
operating systems.
There are all kinds
of backup facilities,
learning time is
very short on ac-
count of the con-
sistency of pro-
grammes, and
programmes can
be installed, relo-
cated or removed
very simply in-
deed, making it
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