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Eldelshell
Eldelshell

Reputation: 6960

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

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1105

Answers (2)

Gaius
Gaius

Reputation: 2595

I expect Macintosh Programmers Workbench (MPW) which was a "worksheet" environment, mainly driven on the command line, used Makefiles - not dissimilar to Unix development, using Pascal as the main language.

I don't remember if Hypercard was available that early but that's another possibility.

Upvotes: 0

Paul R
Paul R

Reputation: 213080

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.

Upvotes: 6

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