Re: Ada and Mac (Was: New version of AppletMagic)

[kilgallen@eisner.decus.org (Larry Kilgallen)]

In article <dewar.845591538@merv>, dewar@merv.cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) writes:
> Larry says
> 
> "> I had not realized there would be any other reason to buy it.
>> Are there capabilities other than Ada that would drive sales,
>> or that Tenon might be disposed to believe are driving sales
>> of that future product ?"
> 
> 
> What an extremely odd and Ada-centric view of things?
> 
> Yes, it is nice that Tenon has been willing to put some resources into 
> the Ada development effort using GNAT, but they see (and I would have 
> thought most people would see the same way) MachTen as a generally
> useful product for anyone wanting a Unix interface that is compatible
> with System 7.

For MachTen, yes, but what was under discussion was a (solidly)
rumored future Tenon product which would subset those MachTen
capabilities which are particularly used for GNAT.  Those dealing
with Tenon in that regard have properly not published exact details
of the exact nature of the subsetting, since that is Tenon's right
when they announce their offering.

Those of us who are not "wanting a Unix interface" and only accept
one as a last resort certainly see things in a different light :-)

Larry Kilgallen