Re: [NTLK] A Good read

John Broughton (jdbroughton@yahoo.com) wrote:

> This copied from Ars today.
> Infinite Loop writer Erica Sadun: The not-a-Mac Newton
>
> (...)
>
> The Newton, in contrast, used Dylan. A Lisp-derived
> system, Dylan offered an entirely new way to think about Apple
> development. It was simple, it was elegant, it was sexy. Offering
> objects and database "soups," it was amazingly flexible to work with
> and a joy to program.

Yes, Dylan was simple, elegant, and sexy, but it wasn't the language
used for Newton development -- that would have been NewtonScript, which
is simple, elegant, and sexy in its own, slightly different way. At some
point, Dylan was in fact considered for Newton software development, but
history took a different course.

Btw, I still have my copy of the original Dylan Language Reference,
published in 1992 by Apple's Eastern Research and Technology Group, part
of the Advanced Technology Group that was, if I remember correctly,
disbanded after Jobs' return. Back in 1992, Apple mailed a copy of the
Dylan Language Reference to anyone who asked, worldwide, free of charge.

- Michael

Michael J. Hußmann

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