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From: mouse@lightning.mcrcim.mcgill.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re:  Macintosh vs. X windows
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Date: 29 Jan 91 04:15:35 GMT
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> I hesitate to ask this.

Reasonable; it's almost tailor-made to incite a religious flamewar.

> Given a choice between developing for a Macintosh and developing for
> X windows, why would anybody choose X?

Personally, because

(a) I can develop on a UNIX machine (multitasking, primarily),
(b) I can't *stand* the Mac GUI, and
(c) X is what runs on the box on my desk.

Reason (c) is more cause than effect, given (a) and (b).

While I suspect it is not very influential in my case, there is also

(d) X runs on well-nigh any bitmap display; writing for a Mac restricts
    you to running on a Mac.

> I know nothing about the Mac toolbox, but I've been reading the
> O'Reilly manuals on Xlib, Xt and Xview.  Seems like the Mac toolbox
> couldn't possibly be as complicated as X.

I don't know whether it is or not, but if not, I offer as a possible
reason that it's also less powerful.

					der Mouse

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