On Apr 22, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Bill Appleton wrote:
for better or worse i am porting a large piece of enterprise
software from
carbon/windows to cocoa/windows
most of the code is platform independent, but i can't make big
changes to
the overall structure of the program
so like step one is to replace WindowRef with NSWindow and watch the
carnage
ensue
That is absolutely not going to work. You might be able to get away
with it for a little hack, but not a large program. Carbon and Cocoa
are too different — Carbon is a toolbox while Cocoa is a framework.
Cocoa has a specific design that apps follow, with an inverted flow of
control where you let the framework call your code.
The approach you're taking is like the old Monty Python sketch where
the pet shop owner wants to convert a dog into a fish by shaving it
and sticking a tube through the back of its neck so it can breathe
underwater.
—Jens_______________________________________________
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