OOo native Mac version !

[LuKreme]

On 2-Feb-2007, at 20:22, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> On 3 févr. 07, at 12:14, Hex Star wrote:
>> although if you wanted to argue whether or not this one is native  
>> in regards to the API's it uses this one isn't really either  
>> because Mac OS X's native API is Cocoa not Carbon, Carbon is  
>> simply there for backwards compatibility and was the native API in  
>> the classic Mac OS's (Mac OS 9 and below)

You are, as usual, full of crap.  Carbon is just as native as Cocoa.   
It is not there for compatibility with OS 9, or else it wouldn't  
exist in intel OS X, as the intel Macs can't run OS 9 or Classic.

> I don't want to argue that. X11 applications or applications that  
> depend on Java are not native on OSX.

Agreed.

> Carbon, once compiled for Intel runs without intermediate "layer"  
> on OSX and thus can be considered native.

Not just 'considered', it is native.  As native as anything else.

> Now, I specifically _don't_ want to argue anything. The point of  
> the original mail was to send a few links for people who would be  
> interested in contributing. I am not a developer myself, only does  
> some l10n, and can't answer for them.

I'm interested in a native OOo.  I always found NeoOffice to be a bit  
hinkey.


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