NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/programm/14879

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Path: sparky!uunet!joebloe!joseph
From: [e-mail] (Joseph Nathan Hall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Dylan and Newton PDAs
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 92 00:01:08 EDT
Organization: 5 Sigma Software
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In article <[e-mail]> (comp.sys.mac.programmer), [e-mail] (Chris Velevitch) writes:
) I have heard that there is a new programming language called
) Dylan, which is being used to build compact cross-platform
) applications for the Mac, Newton PDAs and Unix workstations.
) Is is available yet? [etc....]

This has been a topic off and on in MacWeek for a while now.  Apparently
Apple is leaning toward supporting only large developers for the Newton.
Apple would like to shape the initial product and perception quite
carefully.  Whether that might prevent it from being useful, who knows.

There has also been some discussion about whether Dylan will be just
too damned slow as an implementation language.

In any event, the shipping date has already started to slide a la
System 7, so I wouldn't worry too much about writing yer own Newton
apps yet.

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