Autumn 91 - MACINTOSH HYBRID APPLICATIONS FOR A/UX
MACINTOSH HYBRID APPLICATIONS FOR A/UX
JOHN MORLEY
Apple's A/UX operating system is unique among UNIX systems in that it merges the
Macintosh user interface and application environment with the multitasking UNIX
operating system. Developers can take advantage of this combination by creating a
class of applications called hybrids. This article describes the techniques necessary to
create Macintosh hybrid applications and demonstrates some of the benefits of these
applications.
The UNIX® operating system began some 20 years ago as a personal project
undertaken by a couple of engineers at AT&T Bell Laboratories. For a number of