lusk@hilbert.cs.unc.edu (John Lusk) (01/28/91)
I hesitate to ask this. Given a choice between developing for a Macintosh and developing for X windows, why would anybody choose X? I know nothing about the Mac toolbox, but I've been reading the O'Reilly manuals on Xlib, Xt and Xview. Seems like the Mac toolbox couldn't possibly be as complicated as X. I've only got one plausible explanation: hardware platforms that run X can be much more powerful than Macs, so if you want to develop a resource-intensive application, you should gravitate toward X. I know this is a horribly undefined question, so here's some background: I'm about to start a major project, I have my choice of platforms (simplistically put), and I don't know a whole lot about programming for either platform. John.