
142 9 Chapter 8: The Frameworks of Mac OS X: Carbon
This chapter shows you how Carbon fits into Mac OS X. It next
shows you the structure of the Carbon frameworks, and it then ex-
plores the Carbon event model and how it differs from older pro-
gramming styles on the Macintosh.
Where Carbon Fits In
Apple's first attempt at moving to the UNIX-based world that
is now Mac OS X met with heavy resistance from developers.
Apple provided an environment that would run then-existing
software (it is now called Classic, then it was Blue Box), but
the new features of the operating system were to be available
only to freshly written applications ...