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Re: Carbon vs Cocoa arguments
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Re: Carbon vs Cocoa arguments


  • Subject: Re: Carbon vs Cocoa arguments
  • From: Sherm Pendley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 17:53:13 -0400

On Tuesday, October 8, 2002, at 05:26 PM, Benjamin Frere wrote:

I say to my friend + look, carbon app are not as beautif as Cocoa, and they're slower etc...;

Neither of which is true - both appear as standard Aqua apps, and there are no speed differences that I'm aware of.

and he respond that Carbon is evolving (that is true, like the new Drawer.h etc),
and will be the major API for OS X.

It's *a* major API for OS X, not *the* major API. Cocoa and Carbon are equals in this respect.

Some of other of theirs arguments that no big software company haven't already port an app
in Cocoa, just because Carbon's code is nearer the Windows'app code

Not at all. Most of the big companies that have chosen Carbon did so because it's much, much closer to the API used for the Mac prior to OS X.

He takes the example of Microsoft and Adobe. But for me, Photoshop, Illustrator etc... and Office X
are not great at all on OS X. I don't feel them good in OS X. Slow... ugly (OS X is for me just a make up on
Office 2001)

Perhaps - but that's a subjective opinion, and regardless, it has nothing at all to do with them using Carbon.

Where can i found documentation that compares Carbon and Cocoa up to the smallest level in the system
integration...

The lowest level is Core Foundation and BSD; both Carbon and Cocoa are layers atop that.

I want to prove him that Cocoa is better with something else that my feelings.

But, that's the *best* reason there is to use Cocoa. Use what works best for you - your users won't know or care which toolkit you used. And let your friend use whatever works best for him; unless you're working together on a project, his choice of toolkit doesn't affect you in the least.

sherm--

Precious burden, I capture deep inside.
What would my life be, without pain in me?
"Enter my Mind" - Drain S.T.H
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