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From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MacApp (was Re: 32-bit OS)
Message-ID: <10513@claris.com>
Date: 24 Aug 89 01:35:54 GMT
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Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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In article <10612@fluke.COM> mce@tc.fluke.COM (Brian McElhinney) writes:
>In article <10505@claris.com> peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce) writes:
>>But, but, but..  MacApp *is* catching on.  Look around.  There are lots
>>of NEW software projects using MacApp (people revving old stuff doesn't
>>count). 
>
>You overlook one of the best kinds of software development: evolutionary.  A
>person, or project team, with "old stuff" has a lot of learning and experience
>invested in code that can be re-used for "NEW software".  Still, I would argue
>that the benefits of an object oriented language would most often out weigh
>re-using older code.
>
When using MacApp I still reuse LOTS of old code (I have a MassMicro catridge
filled with old code).  I don't reuse the event loop or other framework parts
of the code, but lots of code snippits that do various things. 

>I thought MacApp might be manna from heaven when it first came out.  It was
>certainly what the 1984 hype claimed the Toolbox to be.  Experience with MPW
>(slow) and the MPW linker (slow *and* buggy) quickly changed my mind.
>
>Brian McElhinney
>mce@tc.fluke.com

MacApp/MPW is still slower than Think's products, but it is getting better.
MacApp 1.0b9 improved MABuild quite a bit (THANKS!) and using Jasik's patch
link can make turn around time very fast.  If you haven't looked at MacApp
lately, it might be worth checking it out again...

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