Episode 16
16: John, We Don’t Play Games
Modernizing AppKit, wrapping old C APIs, type inference, Haswell and 15\" Retina GPUs, Mac Pro speculation, WWDC predictions, and iOS 7 wishes.
Accidental Tech Podcast · ATP
June 7, 20131h 43m
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Show Notes
- Opening theme by Larry King (@laking).
- The case for a modernized AppKit in OS X 10.9 a la Chameleon/TwUI.
- The lack of official Apple Objective-C wrappers around old C APIs such as Keychain and Address Book.
- Should Apple add type inference to Objective-C?
- Haswell Retina MacBook Pro predictions and the possibility of having only the integrated GPU in the 15".
- Mac Pro speculation.
- Major iOS 7 API wishes: better inter-app communication mechanisms, "default app" associations, and periodic background updates.
- Quick WWDC tips.
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