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It seems to me that Apple has had a rich history of interesting languages: Squeak, Dylan, Hypertalk, AppleScript and Swift. Those are just the ones I know of.
by thomasvarney723 11y ago
It seems to me that Apple has had a rich history of interesting languages: Squeak, Dylan, Hypertalk, AppleScript and Swift. Those are just the ones I know of.
- pjmlp 11y agoYou forgot Mac Lisp and Object Pascal. :)
- the_why_of_y 11y agoPedantic note: it was called Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL), not to be confused with MacLisp, which predates both Apple and Common Lisp and is from MIT's Project MAC.
- pjmlp 11y agoI confess I didn't bother to search for the real name, so I typed from heart. As side note, here is a very interesting post about the system: http://basalgangster.macgui.com/RetroMacComputing/The_Long_View/Entries/2013/2/17_Macintosh_Common_Lisp.html http://basalgangster.macgui.com/RetroMacComputing/The_Long_V...
- seanmcdirmid 11y agoApple post Steve Jobs' return has been more strategic and conservative in their PL investments. Hence why swift was kind of a surprise.