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Mac OS System 1.0 Programming Language

I started my early days programming in a Macintosh 128k (I was 10) and I don't quite remember the programming languages used. Any one does?

I would like to know the different programming languages available at that time for that platform.

Thanks

Solution

  • Development was originally carried on the Lisa, using Pascal and assembler. Some time later native development environments started to appear for the Mac, e.g. TMS Pascal, MacPascal, Microsoft BASIC, MDS, and later, MPW, Think C, Think Pascal, CodeWarrior, etc.

    Pascal was the original language for Mac OS programming, and all the documentation and APIs used Pascal, but there was a gradual migration towards C through the 1980s.