Re: Errors in a Microsoft Propaganda Book

[David Schmenk <dschmenk@YUCH.gmail.com>]

Charlie Springer wrote:
> On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 14:33:57 -0700, Michael J. Mahon wrote
> (in article <79WdnVmFKddHSbbbnZ2dnUVZ_j6dnZ2d@comcast.com>):
>
> > > I don't know where to get a copy.  They may have it in his archive at 
> > > Stanford.
> > I'll give that some thought...
>
> I was looking through Andy Hertzfeld's recollections. I know someone who 
> talks to Bill Atkinson fairly regularly. I'm curious about the Quckdraw 
> origin and if he ever saw the thesis that Jef always referred to. Since 
> Atkinson's drawing routines were ported from Lisa, where they were called 
> LisaGraph or something like that.

I was surprised to see the graphics routines used for the Apple Graphics 
Tablet labeled Quickdraw too.  It seems to be quite the name for 
anything graphics related at Apple during that time.  I'm not sure who 
was responsible for that code.  Bill Atkinson has been one of the few 
software "heroes" of mine.  More for his work on Apple Pascal and the 
Turtle Graphics implementation than for Lisa/Mac.  Probably because that 
was the first *real* language/system I learned.

Dave...