That only further makes my point, though. Why aren't people developing anymore for the classic Mac, even if just for the heck of it? (Let's ignore Xcode for purposes of this thread; it's not Classic-compatible except if you jump through a lot of Carbon hoops.)
Speaking of MPW, I tried very hard to like it, but I just don't. The sheets metaphor is weird, and doesn't at all act how you would expect a command line to (at least not an old Unix fart like me). The compiler is nice and adept, but CW just seems more "Mac like" if I were going to program in C/C++. I only have MPW around on my dev MDD for ToolServer; my dev PowerBook with CW Pro 5 just has CW and I never start MPW on it at all.
Still, I repeat people can get as much mileage, if not more, out of tools like FutureBASIC, which are also freely available.
Speaking of MPW, I tried very hard to like it, but I just don't. The sheets metaphor is weird, and doesn't at all act how you would expect a command line to (at least not an old Unix fart like me). The compiler is nice and adept, but CW just seems more "Mac like" if I were going to program in C/C++. I only have MPW around on my dev MDD for ToolServer; my dev PowerBook with CW Pro 5 just has CW and I never start MPW on it at all.
Still, I repeat people can get as much mileage, if not more, out of tools like FutureBASIC, which are also freely available.