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From: andyn@stpstn.UUCP (Andy Novobilski)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: MacApp type environment for Suns
Message-ID: <6299@stpstn.UUCP>
Date: 11 Feb 91 15:11:15 GMT
References: <591@hydra.bucknell.edu>
Reply-To: andyn@stepstone.com (Andy Novobilski)
Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT 06482
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In article <591@hydra.bucknell.edu> zaccone@castor.bucknell.edu (rick zaccone - 1393) writes:
>It seems that since the Suns lack a concept of how a "standard"
>application should look, a product similar to MacApp for the Suns
>probably doesn't exist.  However, I am interesting in learning of any
>such products, commercial or otherwise.  Does anyone know of an
>object-oriented environment for the Suns (using C++) that is suitable
>for producing complete applications?

Three comments:

1. The following reference describes an application framework, modeled
   on MacApp, written in C++ and implemented on a Sun platform:

   Gamma, Eric, A. Weinand, R. Marty.  "ET++ - An Object-Oriented
   Application Framework in C++." OOPSLA'88 proceedings.

2. Apple makes available their sources to MacApp (a fine application
   framework, in my unsolicited opion).  You can get more information
   by writing:

   APDA
   Apple Computer, Inc.
   20525 Mariabi Ave., Mail Stop 33G
   Cupertino, CA  95014-6299

3. The OOPSLA'86 proceedings had an entire section devoted to
   Application frameworks written in Object-Oriented languages.

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