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I remember traveling to Adobe in the mid-90s to exchange source-code with them, 'cause PhotoShop was MacApp based, and they had a layer working on Windows. And
by kasajian 2y ago
I remember traveling to Adobe in the mid-90s to exchange source-code with them, 'cause PhotoShop was MacApp based, and they had a layer working on Windows.
And we traded an in-process SQL engine.
I recall brining home some of the code, there were definitely parts of PhotoShop that were included, but not a lot. Just some funky color-space calculations that we ignored.
I'm looking forward to looking at the source to see if there's any remnants of MacApp in the mix. They may have changed everything since the mid 90s. Who knows.
- irq 2y agoI love this story - code trading is such a cool idea, and one I haven't heard of much before. Anyone else have any code trading stories?
- exe34 2y agoin academia/research, it's quite normal. often you wish they hadn't given you the code and provided an equation instead.
- mk_stjames 2y agoThey call that out as an exception specifically actually: "All the code is here with the exception of the MacApp applications library that was licensed from Apple"
- mistrial9 2y agoMacApp on Windows ?!! of course.. what a bloatware.. Think Class Library saved the life of lots of devs. Greg Dow might still work for Adobe today. ps- PowerPlant was even better than TCL now thinking on it.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPlant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerPlant
- jaredwy 2y agoWorked on photoshop for many years. It’s still there today.