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>The gorgeous Apple Dylan IDE also required 24MB to run well I had no idea there was even such a thing, and can't even find any screenshots online (I'm sure th

>The gorgeous Apple Dylan IDE also required 24MB to run well I had no idea there was even such a thing, and can't even find any screenshots online (I'm sure there will be somewhere). Nice bit if history here though: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Dylan_programming_language https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Dylan_programmi...

dinkblam 3y ago
honorable mention should also go to SK8, just to keep memory of it alive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK8_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK8_(programming_language) the interface was unusual (definitely violating Apple's own HIG) and "futuristic": https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2625-apple-sk8 https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2625-apple-sk8 as it was hard to obtain free IDEs on the Mac back then, this was my first introduction to programming in the mid 90s.
mananaysiempre 3y ago
Many screenshots with explanations: https://opendylan.org/history/apple-dylan/screenshots/index.html https://opendylan.org/history/apple-dylan/screenshots/index.... and linked pages. Release CD-ROM with a few more screenshots: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1358-apple-dylan-technology-release https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1358-apple-dylan-technol....
- follower 3y ago
  At least some of the Dylan content of the second link (and maybe other stuff, I didn't look too closely) also appears to be available more directly here: * https://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/misc/apple/ftp.apple.com/developer/Tool_Chest/Development_Platforms/Dylan_Related/ https://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/misc/apple/ftp.apple.com/deve... A description of at least some of the included content is available here: * https://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/misc/apple/ftp.apple.com/developer/Tool_Chest/Development_Platforms/Dylan_Related/Dylan_Related.txt https://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/misc/apple/ftp.apple.com/deve... (Discovered these Dylan-related items while I was looking for the CyberDog/OpenDoc items that I listed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37905359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37905359)

dinkblam 3y ago

honorable mention should also go to SK8, just to keep memory of it alive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK8_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SK8_(programming_language) the interface was unusual (definitely violating Apple's own HIG) and "futuristic": https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2625-apple-sk8 https://www.macintoshrepository.org/2625-apple-sk8 as it was hard to obtain free IDEs on the Mac back then, this was my first introduction to programming in the mid 90s.

mananaysiempre 3y ago

Many screenshots with explanations: https://opendylan.org/history/apple-dylan/screenshots/index.html https://opendylan.org/history/apple-dylan/screenshots/index.... and linked pages. Release CD-ROM with a few more screenshots: https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1358-apple-dylan-technology-release https://www.macintoshrepository.org/1358-apple-dylan-technol....

follower 3y ago
At least some of the Dylan content of the second link (and maybe other stuff, I didn't look too closely) also appears to be available more directly here: * https://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/misc/apple/ftp.apple.com/developer/Tool_Chest/Development_Platforms/Dylan_Related/ https://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/misc/apple/ftp.apple.com/deve... A description of at least some of the included content is available here: * https://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/misc/apple/ftp.apple.com/developer/Tool_Chest/Development_Platforms/Dylan_Related/Dylan_Related.txt https://ftpmirror.your.org/pub/misc/apple/ftp.apple.com/deve... (Discovered these Dylan-related items while I was looking for the CyberDog/OpenDoc items that I listed here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37905359 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37905359)