[fpc-other] Original Version of Photoshop Was Written in Pascal; Source Released

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

On 24/05/18 17:30, Santiago A. wrote:
> The 1990 version of Photoshop was written in Pascal.
> http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/adobe-photoshop-source-code/
> I've read that first Apple OS was in pascal.  Also that first Autocad 
> version was written also in Pascal, but it need to exchange floppy disks 
> too many times for compiling.
> It looks like Pascal had a bright beginning. What happened to you, my 
> beloved Pascal? Sniff =-)

53. Why did Autodesk decide to write AutoCAD in   C rather than   Pascal?

Because when Greg Lutz   went to see a demo of IBM Pascal at     the 
computer store, he discovered that it took 5 disc swaps or so to compile 
each file. Computer Innovations C let you run with the compiler in the A 
drive and your source in the B drive without playing disc jockey.

https://www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/www/chapter2_112.html

Note who owns that website.

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Mark Morgan Lloyd
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