One of the things that has always bothered me about the Mac world is that programming is actively discouraged. I don't think I've ever seen anyone put down for wanting to program in BASIC on an Apple II, so games like Silvern Castle were well received. I've never seen people complain about HyperCard games on the IIgs, which is why we have Shipwrecked (or Myst on the Mac for that matter).
For that matter, I've never seen people claim that Apple IIe programs have to be written for ProDOS. Yet I have seen people told NOT to program for System 6, because the System 7 API is so much better.
If you want people to make neat software, stop discouraging them with your linguistic and OS ideological wars. If you can, help them.
I know that people are being pretty supportive in this thread, but two threads over are people telling a guy not to program in BASIC on Mac OS X because languages that noone has ever even heard of are superior.
For that matter, I've never seen people claim that Apple IIe programs have to be written for ProDOS. Yet I have seen people told NOT to program for System 6, because the System 7 API is so much better.
If you want people to make neat software, stop discouraging them with your linguistic and OS ideological wars. If you can, help them.
I know that people are being pretty supportive in this thread, but two threads over are people telling a guy not to program in BASIC on Mac OS X because languages that noone has ever even heard of are superior.