> pet 04.10. 2019., at 11.51, Jeremy Hughes via Cocoa-dev wrote: > > It wasn’t clear to us (outside Apple) that Carbon was a temporary API until > 2007, when Apple suddenly abandoned 64-bit Carbon.
I don’t agree. The first version of macOS predecessor (Rhapsody) shipped only with “Yellow Box” (which became “Cocoa”) API . The first version of “Blue Box” (which became “Carbon”) API was introduced a bit later, with specific note it’s a transitional API, being there to make existing MacOS (8/9) applications run on Rhapsody without, or with small, modifications. And that was introduced only after Apple realised developers aren’t ready to jump on “Yellow Box” just like that, no matter how great (for the time) it was. Apple also strongly and clearly advised all new development should be done in Yellow Box/Cocoa. Sure it took Apple too quite some time to transition everything away from Carbon, but it was clear from the beginning that Carbon was there just as long as it was really needed, and not a minute longer. With every early major releases (until 2007) of macOS, Apple put strong emphasis in release notes which OS-bundled applications have gone from Carbon to Cocoa. -- Dragan _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
