Your definitions are correct, but carbon apps can come in two forms. If you
are careful in writing your carbon app, and compile it in PEF format, it can
run in OS 9 as well as OS X. If you compile into Mach-O, you can use some
native services that you can't with PEF, and it will only run in OS X, and
not OS 9. Either way, you will get a blue (or graphite) apple in the menu
bar instead of a multicolored one.
On 4/1/01 10:33 PM, "Ken Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Apparently I need some clarification of terms. I thought these were the
> definitions:
>
> carbon: will run on OS X without needing the classic environment
> cocoa: uses a specific OS X application framework
> classic: will run under OS < 9, but not OS X
>
> So checking whether something is "carbon" should be a simple matter of
> running it, then checking whether the logo in the upper-left is
> rainbow-colored or blue. Right?
>
> The comments below seem to indicate something different.
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ian Ragsdale) wrote:
>> Pepper is definitely carbon - it runs on OS 9 as well.
>>
>> Ian
>>
>> On 4/1/01 8:48 PM, "Bill Stephenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> PhotoLine and Pepper both work well on either format, but they're not really
>>> "Carbon" apps are they?
>>
>>