On 17 Sep 2001 the voices made Ask Bjoern Hansen write:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wilfredo sánchez) writes:
>
> > Apple has an internal Perl<->ObjC bridge which I've been asking them
> > to release but they've been sitting on it and I have somewhat less
> > influence on it now that I don't work there any more. It basically make
> > Cocoa objects look like OO Perl objects. You say "use AppKit" and go
> > from there.
>
> That sounds insanely cool. How come they won't release it?
I have no idea why Apple won't release that thing (I'd love to get hold of
it myself), but generally these things are related to the image a company
wants to have. Basically it comes down to "if it isn't part of our overall
strategy, and we don't see a paying market for it or it isn't within our
market; then we won't release it".
Just check the copyright-dates on some of the programs/code you can find
in developer-areas all over the web; you'll be able to find some insanly
fun things that that company never released to the public in a usable form.
/Tony
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Life is a whim of several billion cells to be you for a while.
