[platform-swt-dev] Just FYI, Recent news article on Apple OS X Carbon/Co

[Carolyn_MacLeod@xxxxxxx]

Nothing we haven't figured out already:
- port many lines of code to Carbon (Apple does still care about Carbon 
since they want folks to port to OS X quickly)
- write new stuff to Cocoa
Carolyn
"Apple Wants Developers to Get Cocoa While It's Hot"
NewsFactor Network (01/31/02); Wilson, Ben 
Development for Macintosh's OS X is taking two tracks after Apple decided 
to merge its application programming interfaces. The official Apple API 
set, Carbon, is based on legacy code so it is easier for large developers 
to port their applications to the Macintosh. A new development API set, 
named Cocoa, runs much faster and is easier to write, according to Omni 
Group President William Shipley. Apple CEO Steve Jobs has encouraged major 
Macintosh application developers such as Microsoft and Adobe to write 
their code in Carbon, however, because Apple does not want them to fear 
that their applications will have to be entirely rewritten. Shipley says 
that reasoning is understandable since both Microsoft and Adobe 
applications have millions of lines of code invested and Carbon would be 
much easier to port to. Microsoft's Office v.X is already written in 
Carbon and displays many of the touches that are possible with Cocoa, but, 
in the end, still has the trademark inhibitions inherent to Carbon, 
Shipley says.
http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/?id=16086