Re: [MacPerl] Prototyping Mac GUIs in MacPerl

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 03.28 -0400 1998.08.10, Jeff at MacTech wrote:
>In article <mac-perl.199808100338.DAA26638@pacific.telebyte.com>, Brian
>McNett <brianmc@telebyte.net> wrote:
>
>>> What is the MacPerl GUI API?  Is it something standard or is some kind
>>>of direct access to the Mac toolbox?
>
>It is mostly direct access to the Mac Toolbox. There are a few
>"higher-level" GUI tidbits, such as Ask, but mostly it's direct Toolbox.
>I'm not convinced that MacPerl is the best way to rapidly prototype a GUI,
>though I'd like to be proven wrong.
>
>[Side question: Does anyone have a candidate for the MacPerl app with the
>most highly-developed GUI? Do we have a showpiece?]

Why would MacPerl _not_ be good for prototyping GUIs?  Is it because the
direct access to the toolbox is almost as slow as doing it in C to being
with?  :)

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