To any/all of you who went through developing for the Mac OS from the
80's and 90's.. if you're still writing software for the Mac, you have
my respect.. and a bit of sympathy too given the history of developer
tools for the Mac:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/07/11/01/an_introductory_mac_os_x_le
opard_review_developer_tools.html
(http://preview.tinyurl.com/27ugms)
When I started using Apples it was with the ][+ and //e - which had
their fair share of headaches in terms of developer/programmer tools.
But Mac OS dev tools? Moving from the killed-by-MS MacBasic, to MPW, to
HyperCard, to Codewarrior, etc etc... It's a miracle anyone wrote
software for the Mac prior to OS X and more recently - with the
migration to the Intel architecture.
Please do not take this as anything other than what it is - I'm not
trying to start a flame war or bash the Mac. When the //gs came out I
moved over to the PC and about a year ago bought my Mac Pro - which is
arguably the best desktop machine ever made. But looking back it just
amazes me that Apple and the Mac made it to this point given what they
put developers through. Without developers keeping the Mac going prior
to OS X, I wouldn't have the system I have today.
Thanks.
--
David O
