On 4 Oct 2019, at 21.00, Jens Alfke wrote:
The people I hear complaining about this are those who, like you, didn't move
to Cocoa. Carbon was a _temporary_ transition API*. It was necessary when Mac
OS X shipped in March 2001, but even though it wasn't yet formally deprecated,
it was clear it would be.
Carbon might have started as a temporary solution, but it ended up a very good
solution,
which Apple stated in "It’s the Future” (Last updated: 2004-06-28)
"Apple is committed to the HIViews, Carbon events, and nib files for Carbon
implementations of the user interface.
All new controls and other features will be based on HIView.
If you want your application to take advantage of the latest features, you
need to adopt the modern HIToolbox.”
https://web.archive.org/web/20080725021421/http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Conceptual/Upgrading_HIToolbox/upgrading_hitoolbox_conc/chapter_2_section_7.html
When my company was going to the Mac platform (in addition to Sun+AIX+Windows),
Carbon seemed like a good choice.
Now we have just wasted several man years going to Cocoa.
Microsoft is really the good guys, as somebody said, not letting developers
down.
/Lars
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