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- Item 4287783 8-Feb-91 14:16
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- From: MDTAYLOR@APPLE.COM@INTERNET# Gateway to Internet/BITNET/UUCP
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- To: MACAPP.TECH$ MacApp Technical
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- INTERNET# Document Id: <12005@goofy.Apple.COM>
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- Sub: The OP/C++ controversy
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- Otherwise, copy & paste this: mdtaylor@Apple.COM@INTERNET#
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- From: mdtaylor@Apple.COM (Mark Taylor)
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- Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
- Newsgroups: apple.mac.app
- Path: apple!mdtaylor
- To: macapp.tech$@applelink.apple.com
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- Questions of whether a MacApp written in C++ can be compatible with one's
- Object Pascal program aside, and speaking as someone who first had to learn
- MPW, Object Pascal, and MacApp before switching to C++ (after being a
- THINK C programmer up until that time), it seems to me that programmers who
- already use Object Pascal and MacApp will find that switching to C++ is
- quite easy. Granted, converting all of one's code may not be, but what I'm
- saying is that the major learning curve involves becoming familiar with
- object-oriented programming. The language is secondary.
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- It seems that what we, as MacApp enthusiasts, really want is for
- MacApp to gain acceptance in the Mac programming community at large.
- If the grumbling in the aisles at last year's developers' conference was
- any indication, the fact that MacApp up until that time all but required
- using Object Pascal really put off a lot of programmers. Let's face it,
- the percentage of Mac programmers using Pascal is steadily decreasing as
- C becomes the language of choice in the programming community at large.
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- In the future, as use of C++ becomes more and more widespread (and it is,
- for better or for worse; I'm just reporting the facts), it would be nice if
- the growing throng of C++ programmers (recent college graduates included)
- find it easy to program the Mac. Having a great object library that not only
- is merely compatible with C++ but is in fact written in C++ and revels in
- its features can certainly smooth the path.
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- If you're already a good MacApp programmer, why not try your next project in
- C++? (You may even gain skills that will be useful in a future job...)
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- Not affiliated with the MacApp team, and speaking as a Mac programmer,
- not as an Apple employee,
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- - Mark
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