[MacPerl] Re : MacPerl/Tk, FaceSpan, Send Data and friends

[Georg_Bauer@muensterland.org (Georg Bauer)]

Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com> wrote:

> "slow".  Not the speediest things in the world, but probably as fast as a
> direct call to Tk would be from MacPerl.

No. It would be slower - TK is a direct library call (actually TK would
be linked into MacPerl) but AppleEvent always do the parameter
conversion and "packaging". That takes a lot of time compared to native
calls.

> Also, I have a chapter on toolbox modules just about ready to put up on
the
> web for anyone who wants to reivew it.  It might go up this week.  See
the
> below link for details.  It will NOT cover Apple Events or Windows/GUI
> toolbox calls; those are sufficient enough topics that I am pulling them
> out into separate chapters, which will be forthcoming.

I will look. Thanks.

bye, Georg

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