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#Mac/Win crosspltform Dev

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#163963From: David F. JohnsonMar 14, 1994 9:44 PM
Reede, "I'm probably just being prejudiced, but I have a serious question. If it's so darned easy to use this technology to produce apps which take advantage of native Mac features, why is it that Word still only supports the required AppleEvents almost 3 years after System 7 shipped?" Heck, from what I've seen _most_ Mac applications don't support more than the standard suite, if even _that_! David P.S. Of course, Word is the caliber of application which _should_ accommodate AppleEvent and AppleScript technology to the fullest. Doesn't seem that anyone on the Word development team wanted to pick up where the cross platform development tool(s) left off!
#164000From: Reede StocktonMar 15, 1994 12:04 AM
—> Heck, from what I've seen _most_ Mac applications don't support more than the standard suite, if even _that_! <— True enough… At least it's changing. Seems like most folks were waiting for AS to begin being widely used. Reede
#164029From: David F. JohnsonMar 15, 1994 7:31 AM
Reede, "At least it's changing. Seems like most folks were waiting for AS to begin being widely used." Good point. I still think there will be a way to make the Microsoft Visual C++ 2.0 cross platform solution work to include platform-specific features. I think it is a wonderful opportunity for a third party class library (something like Bedrock was to be). Time will tell… David