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From: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Need Advice on Using C with MacApp
Message-ID: <10165@claris.com>
Date: 16 May 89 17:24:34 GMT
References: <373@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu>
Reply-To: peirce@claris.com (Michael Peirce)
Organization: Claris Corporation, Santa Clara CA
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In article <373@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> gww@g.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu (Gary Carvell) writes:
>I have a large program that I would really like to rewrite using
>MacApp.  However, the program is written in C and I need to keep
>it that way - the internals of the system were written and are
>maintained on Sun machines and I must be able to move updated 
>versions to the Mac every couple months.  Is it possible to use C
>code with MacApp?  Is it worth the trouble?  Is it possible to do
>any of the user interface in C, also?  If not, should I wait for
>MacApp/C++ to come out, or learn Pascal and use the current version?
>
>Thanks in advance for any opinions/advice/words of wisdom you can
>offer.
>
>Gary Carvell

Sure, you can mix C into your MacApp based program.  The only restriction I
can think of is that you have to write your methods in Object Pascal (at
least until C++ is officially available from Apple).  These Pascal Methods
can then call C subroutines if you want.  My MacApp code has
a far amount of C mixed in (library procedures and whatnot).  Of course the
C has to be MPW C.

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