Apple's Next Big Language

In June, 2014, Apple wowed the world with its revelation of the Swift programming language. For years, Mac and iOS developers have speculated about whether and when Apple would create a new language. But for some old timers, Apple has always been creating and adopting new languages. In this talk, Daniel will take you on a historical journey of some of Apple’s more and less well-known pushes to get developers on board with their "big new language."

By Daniel Jalkut: https://red-sweater.com

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1. Apple’s Next Big Language
   Daniel Jalkut
   Red Sweater Software
   

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2. welkom in
   Nederland
   welcome
   willkomen
   bienvenue
   

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3. Language
   

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4. Language
   Dylan
   AppleScript
   EnglishNederlands
   Italiano
   Español
   Deutsche
   Svenska
   ෭๜承 ةيبرعلا
   Türkçe
   Pascal C# PHP
   Haskell JavaScript
   Swift Python Perl
   C++ BASIC
   Ruby
   Objective-C Lisp
   Ӿ෈ िहन्दी Русский
   Français ภาษาไทย
   

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5. Swift
   

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6. My First Job
   

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7. Cupertino
   1994
   

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8. Carbon
   I N S I D E M A C I N T O S H
   Macintosh Toolbox Essentials
   I N S I D E M A C I N T O S H
   Macintosh Toolbox Essentials
   

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9. Pascal
   

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11. 68K Assembly
    

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12. $A86E
    

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13. A-Traps
    

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14. The Test
    

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15. InitToolbox PROC
    StackFrame RECORD {A6Link},DECR
    RetAddr DS.L 1
    A6Link DS.L 1
    LocalSize EQU * ; get size of the local variable allocation
    ENDR
    WITH StackFrame
    LINK A6,#LocalSize
    ** Initialize the managers **
    _MaxApplZone ; allot maximum heap zone for this application
    PEA QD.thePort
    _InitGraf
    _InitFonts
    _InitWindows
    _InitMenus
    _TEInit
    ** Set the cursor to the default "arrow" in case it was something else **
    PEA QD.arrow
    _SetCursor
    ** Here we will set up the menus and display them **
    CLR.L -(A7) ; returns a handle
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7) ; 128 is the rsrc id for the apple menu
    _GetNewMBar
    _SetMenuBar ; Set the Menu Bar to whatever GetNewMBar returned on stack
    CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7) ; get the Apple Menu handle
    _GetMenuHandle ; Returns the first argument to our next trap call, so leave it
    MOVE.L #'DRVR',-(A7) ; add DA's to the Apple Menu
    _AppendResMenu
    _DrawMenuBar
    ** Now close up the procedure and return **
    UNLK A6
    MOVEA.L (SP)+,A0 ; get the return address
    JMP (A0) ; return
    ENDP
    

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16. InitToolbox PROC
    StackFrame RECORD {A6Link},DECR
    RetAddr DS.L 1
    A6Link DS.L 1
    LocalSize EQU *
    ENDR
    WITH StackFrame
    LINK A6,#LocalSize
    

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17. InitToolbox PROC
    StackFrame RECORD {A6Link},DECR
    RetAddr DS.L 1
    A6Link DS.L 1
    LocalSize EQU *
    ENDR
    WITH StackFrame
    LINK A6,#LocalSize
    

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18. InitToolbox PROC
    StackFrame RECORD {A6Link},DECR
    RetAddr DS.L 1
    A6Link DS.L 1
    LocalSize EQU *
    ENDR
    WITH StackFrame
    LINK A6,#LocalSize
    

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19. _MaxApplZone
    PEA QD.thePort
    _InitGraf
    _InitFonts
    _InitWindows
    _InitMenus
    _TEInit
    PEA QD.arrow
    _SetCursor
    

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20. _MaxApplZone
    PEA QD.thePort
    _InitGraf
    _InitFonts
    _InitWindows
    _InitMenus
    _TEInit
    PEA QD.arrow
    _SetCursor
    

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21. _MaxApplZone
    PEA QD.thePort
    _InitGraf
    _InitFonts
    _InitWindows
    _InitMenus
    _TEInit
    PEA QD.arrow
    _SetCursor
    

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22. _MaxApplZone
    PEA QD.thePort
    _InitGraf
    _InitFonts
    _InitWindows
    _InitMenus
    _TEInit
    PEA QD.arrow
    _SetCursor
    

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23. CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetNewMBar
    _SetMenuBar
    CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetMenuHandle
    MOVE.L #'DRVR',-(A7)
    _AppendResMenu
    _DrawMenuBar
    

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24. CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetNewMBar
    _SetMenuBar
    CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetMenuHandle
    MOVE.L #'DRVR',-(A7)
    _AppendResMenu
    _DrawMenuBar
    

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25. CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetNewMBar
    _SetMenuBar
    CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetMenuHandle
    MOVE.L #'DRVR',-(A7)
    _AppendResMenu
    _DrawMenuBar
    

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26. CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetNewMBar
    _SetMenuBar
    CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetMenuHandle
    MOVE.L #'DRVR',-(A7)
    _AppendResMenu
    _DrawMenuBar
    

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27. CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetNewMBar
    _SetMenuBar
    CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetMenuHandle
    MOVE.L #'DRVR',-(A7)
    _AppendResMenu
    _DrawMenuBar
    

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28. CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetNewMBar
    _SetMenuBar
    CLR.L -(A7)
    MOVE.W #128,-(A7)
    _GetMenuHandle
    MOVE.L #'DRVR',-(A7)
    _AppendResMenu
    _DrawMenuBar
    

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29. UNLK A6
    MOVEA.L (SP)+,A0
    JMP (A0)
    ENDP
    

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30. UNLK A6
    MOVEA.L (SP)+,A0
    JMP (A0)
    ENDP
    

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31. UNLK A6
    MOVEA.L (SP)+,A0
    JMP (A0)
    ENDP
    

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32. UNLK A6
    MOVEA.L (SP)+,A0
    JMP (A0)
    ENDP
    

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33. C and C++
    

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34. void InitializeToolbox(void)
    {
    MenuHandle AMenu;
    MaxApplZone();
    InitGraf(&qd.thePort);
    InitFonts();
    InitWindows();
    InitMenus();
    TEInit();
    SetMenuBar(GetNewMBar(128));
    AMenu = GetMHandle(128);
    AddResMenu(AMenu, 'DRVR');
    DrawMenuBar();
    }
    

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35. Func?
    The
    What
    W F
    T
    

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36. NewtonScript
    What Func?
    The
    

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37. What Func?
    The
    Photograph by Rama, Wikimedia Commons, Cc-by-sa-2.0-fr
    

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38. What Func?
    The
    y := { YMethod: func () print("Hello") };
    x := { HelloWorld: func () begin
    self._parent := y;
    self:YMethod();
    self.WorldMethod := func ()
    print("World");
    self:WorldMethod();
    end
    };
    x:Demo();
    

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39. Dynamic
    What Func?
    The
    Llanguage
    

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40. Dynamic
    Language
    What Func?
    The
    

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41. What Func?
    The
    define function make-fibonacci()
    let n = 0;
    let m = 1;
    method ()
    let result = n + m;
    n := m;
    m := result // return value
    end
    end;
    define constant fib = make-fibonacci();
    for (i from 1 to 15)
    format-out("%d ", fib())
    end;
    

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42. End of An Era
    

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43. NeXT
    Acquisition
    

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44. Java!?
    

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45. Objective-C
    

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46. Objective C
    1.0
    

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47. Func?
    The
    What
    

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48. AppleScript
    Studio
    What Func?
    The
    

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49. What Func?
    The
    script AppDelegate
    property parent : class "NSObject"
    -- IBOutlets
    property theWindow : missing value
    on applicationWillFinishLaunching_(aNotification)
    -- Initialize
    end applicationWillFinishLaunching_
    on applicationShouldTerminate_(sender)
    -- Terminate
    return current application's NSTerminateNow
    end applicationShouldTerminate_
    end script
    

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50. Ruby & Python
    Bridges
    What Func?
    The
    

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51. What Func?
    The
    class AppDelegate
    attr_accessor :the_window
    def applicationDidFinishLaunching (note)
    # Initialize
    end
    def applicationWillTerminate (note)
    # Terminate
    end
    end
    

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52. JavaScript
    What Func?
    The
    

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53. Objective-C
    2.0
    

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54. Objective-C
    3.0
    

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55. Swift
    

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56. Apple’s Next
    Big Language
    

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57. Thank You
    red-sweater.com @danielpunkass coreint.org
    

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