There are two major software frameworks supported under Mac OS upon which user interfaces can be built. Carbon is the older of these and is based on procedural C (I.E. good old fashioned C - not C++). Coco is an object oriented framework written in Objective C. I don't know exactly what "Objective C" is, but it is not C++. I believe it is straight C, with a library which provides procedures for creating and manipulating heap storage.
In somewhat less geeky terms, there are two sets of tools which apple supports which help developers build user interfaces. They are very different from the perspective of the programmer, but they both accomplish pretty much the same thing. They allow the developer to build on a large suite of preexisting UI code, and they provide tools for testing, development, and debugging. Since just about every program needs to interact with the user in some way, it makes sense to not reinvent the wheel each time you write an application. Hope this helps... -- Rich ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harry Bates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS Xby theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:59 PM Subject: Re: ITunes Would some one please explain carbon to me. As I understand it a program that works in apple, but is not an apple based or koko program. Is there more to this understanding? I certainly do not think it means any thing like a carbon copy. Please enlighten me! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Caloggero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 3:23 PM Subject: ITunes > Does anyone know what framework ITUnes is built on: Coco, Carbon, or > something else. > > Thanx in advance... > -- Rich > >
