19 Mar
2012
19 Mar
'12
9:16 a.m.
On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 12:00 PM, Richard <legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
In article <SNT129-W15107256AB6C3D68448E7A3420 at
phx.gbl>,
? ?dwight elvey <dkelvey at hotmail.com> writes:
Maybe with ProDOS and the IIgs, but not with AppleDOS and the
II/II+/IIe/IIc/IIc+. "Real" apps were either assembly or perhaps
compiled BASIC. Not a lot of serious language choices on 6502
platforms prior to 1986.
Having read the Hernia Manuals when they came out on 3-ring binders,
all I saw were references to Pascal. It looked painful/excessively
verbose to call the toolbox routines from 68K assembler. I don't
think I saw much for C on the Mac until 1986 or 1987, but there are
probably others here who were closer to that world at that time who
could provide more precise dates.
-ethan
?I just find the thought of writing a business
application
with this slow a BASIC would have been tough.
IIRC, "professional" developers were expected to use Pascal or C.