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If you want to write an application for System 6, you might need this: http://www.weihenstephan.org/~michaste/pagetable/mac/Inside_Macintosh.pdf http://www.weih

• Palomides 7y ago
  the 1995 docs are probably more useful for most people, especially since the original Inside Macintosh code examples and references are all in Pascal rather than C (also I'm more of a System 7 person) https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/inside-macintosh-cd-rom https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/inside-macintosh-cd-rom
  • setpatchaddress 7y ago
    The original numbered Inside Mac volumes are frequently more accurate than the later 90's revision. They also contain some useful implementation detail (along with, granted, a good deal of extremely obsolete information if you're targeting later system releases). Edited to add: Pascal interfaces and examples should be easy to follow if you're reasonably proficient in C. The type system is not dissimilar and there's very little difference in control flow.
  • RodgerTheGreat 7y ago
    There's something wonderfully refreshing to me about the use of Pascal. For most modern platforms, C has always enjoyed the benefit of a sort of "platform nepotism" in which all APIs/ABIs cater to the particulars of its type system. You can certainly use C or C++ to target classic MacOS, but it's always a bit of a second-class citizen. It's fun to imagine how things might have turned out if a different language became the lingua franca of systems programming.
    • fzzzy 7y ago
      Pascal is just such a nice language to read, too.