On 22 11 2004 at 2:09 pm -0500, Dr Dave wrote: >It's my understanding that Carbon apps are not able to take advantage of >OSX multithreading, long filenames, better performance, and other nifty >features that OSX has to offer. I'm told that Cocoa apps can do a lot >better in this regard.
A bunch of Cocoa is simply ObjC wrapper for Carbon routines. There are also things that can be done only with Carbon that have no direct Cocoa analogs. >And there is also the factor of planned obsolesce. Carbon apps may not be >supported by OSX much longer, and so far, Cocoa is still Apple's favorite. There is no basis for this statement. The Finder continues to be a Carbon application; neither is iTunes a Cocoa-based application. It is a hallmark of a non-developer to proclaim that Cocoa is somehow generally "better" than Carbon. They are different frameworks, not competing ones. -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca
