[Scribus] Mac API's: for Craig Ringer

[Kevin Walzer]

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Craig, in reference to your question about Mac API's (reproduced below):

~   	Carbon         (Cleaned up OS/9)
~        Classic        (Virtual OS/9 for unchanged apps)
~        Cocoa          (Native MacOS/X Objective C/Aqua)
~        Java           (duh!)
~        POSIX/BSD/X11  (unix-style apps, usually console or X11 based)

Qt/Mac links against the Carbon API.

Carbon isn't just for legacy apps. It's being developed and enhanced as
much as Cocoa, and is a full peer to Cocoa in the Aqua environment.

If you remove Carbon, then you remove *all* signficiant commercial apps
on the Mac: MS, Adobe, etc. Porting a C++/CodeWarrior app on the scale
of Microsoft Office to Objective C would not be commercially viable.

Also, most open-source GUI toolkits build against Carbon if they run
natively. Qt, wxWidgets, Tcl/Tk, etc. are all Carbon-based.

So while Cocoa/ObjC is important for the Mac, Carbon is too important to
go away.

Hope that helps!

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Cheers,

Kevin Walzer, PhD
WordTech Software--Open Source Applications and Packages for OS X
http://www.wordtech-software.com
http://www.smallbizmac.com
http://www.kevin-walzer.com
mailto:sw at wordtech-software.com
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