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Re: Harlequin 1.2 still available?
"Andreas Bogk" <andreas@andreas.org> wrote in message
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> There was a PowerPC version by Digitool, which runs quite nicely.
Well that simply sidesteps the issue. The *Apple* version was a dog, and
since they were the cheerleaders (or I should say certain people within
Apple) having a good third party solution is largely identical to having no
solution as far as the market is concerned. Maybe it shouldn't be that way,
but if you're interested in changing human nature, I'd start with war...
:-)
> The UI framework was *way* cool.
But also lacked coverage. Again, this just needed doing.
> They had a C FFI
That really avoids the issue. This is like saying that your car sucks and
then being told by Ford that if you buy a gas turbine it will go faster.
That's *their* job.
> I have the native PowerPC version running on a 300 MHz Powerbook. It's
> pretty snappy, I don't see the difference to FD oder GD.
Well I had it running on a 7200/120, one of the fastest machines at the
time. It was a dog. I'm sure that all slow programs will eventually run
reasonably well given a few Moore cycles, but again, that doesn't address
the issue that at the time it was slow.
Remember, products are known largely by their first releases. Look at the
Newton for instance. Yes, they should have sat on it for a version or two,
but they already had been waiting too long.
Maury
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