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From: dlyons@Apple.COM (David A. Lyons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: MacApp -> GSApp?
Message-ID: <43375@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 27 Jul 90 02:00:25 GMT
References: <1990Jul25.214526.8462@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1990Jul25.214526.8462@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> dcw@goldilocks.lcs.mit.edu (David C. Whitney) writes:

(Is there a MacApp in the works for the GS?  I haven't done any GS-
specific programming because I don't want to read 1200-1500 pages of
manuals.)

If you believe a MacApp-like approach would mean *less* stuff you have
to read, you -may- be very mistaken.  I have written only -trivial-
stuff with MacApp, but if I were doing a real application I would
want to understand how everything worked, meaning I would have to
understand the toolbox and OS *and* the MacApp-ish layer on top of
it.

Don't you find with MacApp you need to refer to the source to the
MacApp layer a lot to see how it works?
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