Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl interfaces

[pvhp@forte.com (Peter Prymmer)]

irons@espresso.hampshire.edu, mac-perl@iis.ee.ethz.ch
Subj:	Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl interfaces

Nat Irons wrote:

>To my knowledge, Tk for Mac is not perl-compatible, and I've not heard of
>CrossBasic.

You seem to be mixing your metaphors: Tcl/Tk for the Mac may not be perl 
compatible but Tcl/Tk certainly is Mac compatible.

>It's not "easy" or even particularly sensible, but I've considered putting
>rudimentary interface widgets on a MacPerl backend through Frontier and
>Macbird.  I like Frontier a lot, mostly because its existence on the mutual
>borders of database, CGI solution, and Mac scripting system open up a lot
>of doors, but I vastly prefer Perl for any remotely taxing data analysis or
>conversion.  I've given some thought to spending some time linking the two
>up, but haven't taken the plunge yet.
>
>  -nat

Another person who said that he'd be willing to port Perl/Tk to the Mac was
Nick Ing-Simmons.  When asked (rather pointedly) at the Perl Conference in 
San Jose if a Mac port was forthcoming he said that he did not own a Mac 
but indicated (I do not think that he promised) that he'd be willing to 
work on one if he had access to a Mac.  (Bear in mind that the 
Windows 95/NT port of Perl/Tk did not occur until people like Nick, 
Gurusamy Sarathy, Gary Ng, et al. had access to NT machines).

Would anyone want to contribute to a "buy Nick a Mac" effort?

Peter Prymmer


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