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Re: [MacPerl] Porting an Inside Mac QuickDraw example routine



 

Matthew Langford wrote:

If you can accomplish this, go to it.  It is a difficult task, and not 
many other MacPerl people will share this vision enough to shoulder the
task of writing the code.  They use MacPerl for other things.  Delphi
MacPerl, Visual MacPerl, MacAppMacPerl, MacPerl Tk,...lofty vision.  Lots
of work and distance between vision and present reality.  My advice is to
tackle something much smaller first.
...
If you want a high-level framework, build it and many may use it.
Short of that effort, you could pick some piece of the Toolbox, and
simplify that, as Chris Nandor has done for AppleEvents.  Sound, for
example, or serial communication, or the speech manager, or the control
manager, or windows.  Whatever piece you use and understand, and have a
vision for simplifying.  This is realistic.  Some members of this list 
have this level of understanding and interest, and are doing this.

Maybe someday when I have more time and expertise.  I wouldn't mind building some aspects.  I think it would be fun (for a while at least).   I agree it would be very difficult and certainly a complete job would be beyond the scope of any individual. your points are well taken.