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From: shebanow@Apple.COM (Andrew Shebanow)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: When will C++ interfaces for Sys7 be released?
Message-ID: <7119@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 10 Mar 90 01:00:18 GMT
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Organization: Apple Computer Inc., Cupertino, CA
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The object oriented interfaces to System 7 are the same as
the ones for System 6: MacApp. MacApp 2.0b9 (and MacApp
2.0, coming real soon now, honest) allow you to do programming
in C++, and you get OOP access to windows, menus, dialogs,
text editing, lists, etc, etc, etc. A later version of MacApp
will provide explicit support for System 7 features like
AppleEvents and the Edition Manager.

The downside is that you need a fast machine with lots
of memory to get livable turnaround times with C++. This
situation will be better with the next version of CFront,
though.

Andy Shebanow
Developer Technical Support