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From: lsr@Apple.COM (Larry Rosenstein)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: When will C++ interfaces for Sys7 be released?
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Date: 10 Mar 90 01:34:22 GMT
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In article <14396@phoenix.Princeton.EDU> bskendig@phoenix.Princeton.EDU 
(Brian Scott Kendig) writes:

> When will the C++ code for the interface be released to programmers?
> Object-oriented routines for windows, sounds, colors, and all that

> Are Apple's C++ libraries [going to be] similar to what we already
> have in THINK's Lightspeed C version 4?  If so, that would make life

It is not necessary to use an object-oriented language to take advantage 
of System 7.  The fundamental interface to the System 7 features will be 
procedural as is the rest of the Toolbox.

In terms of an object-oriented interface to the system, the answer is 
MacApp.  You can already use MacApp from C++, and MacApp will be updated 
to take advantage of the new System 7 features.  (I'm sure that both the 
MacApp and System 7 people will try to make this happen close to the 
release of System 7 as possible.)

MacApp and the THINK Class Library are similar in concept.  TCL has some 
features that MacApp doesn't and MacApp has features that TCL doesn't.

Larry Rosenstein, Apple Computer, Inc.
Object Specialist

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