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Microsoft didn't understand GUIs yet. Amiga BASIC was also written by Microsoft and the GUI support is also limited. Apple didn't create a BASIC for the Mac bec
by timbit42 2y ago
Microsoft didn't understand GUIs yet. Amiga BASIC was also written by Microsoft and the GUI support is also limited. Apple didn't create a BASIC for the Mac because was into Pascal and had used it for the Lisa OS and apps. Much of the Lisa code was reused in the Mac OS.
- WillAdams 2y agoI guess you didn't read the link? >Donn was making good progress and looked to be on track to ship in early 1985; we were excited to show the world what Basic should really look like on the Macintosh. >He knew that Donn's Basic was way ahead of Microsoft's, so, as a condition for agreeing to renew Applesoft, he demanded that Apple abandon MacBasic, buying it from Apple for the price of $1, and then burying it. I bought Microsoft's BASIC for the Mac, and it was a waste of money, and I'd've much rather had Apple's based on my reading of the books which were published about it despite it not having been released save as a beta: https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/MacBASIC#Books https://apple.fandom.com/wiki/MacBASIC#Books
- timbit42 2y agoI read every article on that website a number of years ago but I forgot that story since.