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- Item 0125362 12-April-91 13:24PDT
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- From: D4682 Marx, Peter,PRT
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- To: CDA0542 Serge Froment, Informagique,CAS
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- cc: MACAPP.TECH$ MacApp Technical
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- Sub: Re: MacApp 3.0 vs C++
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- Serge,
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- I've been writing C++ for somewhat over a year and a half. I have found that
- people familiar with Object Pascal it takes between 20 minutes and two days to
- learn the basics with C++. Of course, to learn multiple inheritance (something
- not used in MacApp 3.0) it can take a bit longer.
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- Also, as for needing to go through the source code of MacApp, I have also found
- that very rarely do I need to peruse the actual code. In fact, I can only think
- of a couple of times during the last year that I've needed to do anything with
- it. Most of these times have been to apply bug fixes announced by the community
- at Apple and in this group address.
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- To conclude, I don't think it is at all harmful for Apple to switch to C++. I
- have found that the package is pretty neat, especially where they are able to
- make use of the C++-related features (when you see the new C++ headers, you'll
- understand.) Object Pascal is elegant, to be sure, but it is also limited
- compared with C++.
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- Peter Marx
- UCLA Dept. of Medicine
- Los Angeles
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