Path: utzoo!dptcdc!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!claris!apple!kazim
From: kazim@Apple.COM (Alex Kazim)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Object Pascal on the PC!
Summary: Gods, what a concept
Keywords: Object Pascal, C++, MacApp
Message-ID: <29080@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 16 Apr 89 21:22:43 GMT
References: <1604@ccnysci.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <1604@ccnysci.UUCP> alexis@ccnysci.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) writes:
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>Well, this is a truly weird state of affairs. According to PC Week, MicroSoft
>is about to announce a new version of QuickPascal that compiles Object Pascal,
>which Apple developed! Could this language actually be headed for a big

Gee whiz.  I can't wait for IBM to say that Object-Oriented languages is
the next wave and they have Object Pascal & C++ out.  Then Apple will start
getting calls on whether we intend to put out any object languages as MIS
directors learn the newest buzz-word.

Apple's Object Pascal has been around since the Lisa, and MacApp is about as
old.  But Apple doesn't do a very good job of spreading the word.  About
the only thing Object Pascal gets used for is MacApp. (Luckily, you can
use MPW now.  Plug, Plug.)

What it all boils down to is not being the best.  It's making people think
you're the best, and there are some companies that are really good at that.

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Alex Kazim, Apple Computer
This soapbox is mine, and in no way connected with Apple Computer
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