Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!lsr From: lsr@Apple.com (Larry Rosenstein) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: MacApp Message-ID: <11656@goofy.Apple.COM> Date: 7 Jan 91 22:23:16 GMT References: <1991Jan3.221839.21979@athena.cs.uga.edu> <14571@hoptoad.uucp> Sender: usenet@Apple.COM Organization: Apple Computer, Inc. Lines: 12 >>One point to mention is that MacApp cannot be used to write DAs, >>INITs, etc. I imagine that it will be possible to do so in the future. In article <14571@hoptoad.uucp>, tim@hoptoad.uucp (Tim Maroney) writes: > > I would be *very* surprised if it were. Agreed. There would be no point in trying to adapt MacApp to allow writing other kinds of programs (DAs, INITs, etc.). The structures of these programs are totally different from that of an application. It might be worthwhile to do a framework for writing DAs, but you would want to start from scratch.