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From: peirce@outpost.UUCP (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MacApp
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Date: 9 Feb 91 16:45:54 GMT
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In article <48992@apple.Apple.COM>, keith@Apple.COM (Keith Rollin) writes:
> 
> In article <50461@cci632.UUCP> ph@cci632.UUCP (Pete Hoch) writes:
> >gmarzot@mbunix.mitre.org (G. Marzot) writes:
> >> A while ago someone made an announcement about MacApp being entirely 
> >> written in c++ now?
> >
> >MacApp has been rewritten in C++, however there is still no final
> >desision to drop support for Object pascal.  It seems that some
> >people THINK it is nessesary to keep it arround.
> 
> Support for Object Pascal has not been dropped and will never be
> dropped. This will be true regardless of whether or not MacApp will be
> ultimately available in Pascal or C++. You will still be able to
> program your applications in Object Pascal if you wish. For example,
> Mouser and ViewEdit will stay in Object Pascal.

There is a distiction between the latter use of "support for Pascal" and
the previous use.  My reading is that the first use was refering to
supporting MacApp written in Object Pascal.  This is important for
the people who use THINK Pascal with MacApp as it's kind of hard
to use that with a C++ version of MacApp.

I assume you mean that this C++ version of MacApp will always be able
to be linked in with Object Pascal using MPW and Pascal users will be
able to access all MacApp part (i.e. no use of C++ exclusive features).

Of course I may be wrong...

-- michael


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