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From: keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MPW 3.1 update extended indefinitely
Keywords: MPW, CD-ROM, $
Message-ID: <40698@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 3 May 90 00:49:53 GMT
References: <9033@tank.uchicago.edu> <1990May2.071040.19290@agate.berkeley.edu>
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In article <1990May2.071040.19290@agate.berkeley.edu> 39clocks@violet.berkeley.edu writes:
>Now if I am programming in C, why would I want Pascal?  Because I want to
>use MPW C++ interfaces to MACAPP so that I can write programs lickity-split
>style.  MACAPP, of course, is written in Pascal.  Don't get me wrong, I
>think it is great that MPW C++ comes with interfaces to MACAPP and MACAPP is
>great (or so I hear), but the real issue here is that there is no comperable
>object library available for MPW C++, _yet_!

Larry briefly hit on this point in his response, but I wanted to
emphasize it. If you by MacApp on CD-ROM, then you get over 20
pre-built configurations.  This obviates the need for Pascal (of
course, this doesn't take into account that Pascal is a way cool
language and doesn't need to have its existance justified  :-).

>Now it looks like a one can save some money buying the CD-ROM versions of
>upgrades.  For example, the C/Pascal update costs $100 on floppys and only
>$50 on CD, but I'm not sure if this is a clever trick on the part of Apple
>or whether reflects the true difference in costs between production and
>distribution on the two mediums.

Other people have responded to other parts of your letter. I just
wanted add here that I think I heard that the breakpoint for CD-ROM
prices was something like two floppies. In other words, if we were to
ship something that required more than two floppies, then it's cheaper
for us to ship it on CD instead.  It's not some clever trick.  We WANT
to make things cheaper for you, and this is just one way of doing it.

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