Copland
Late 1995
-- Microkernel architecture that separates operating system
from hardware dependencies
-- Preemptive multitasking and memory protection for low-level processes
-- Faster I/O architecture
-- Integrated OpenDoc
-- Open Transport network-abstraction layer
-- Scalable user interface with active assistance
-- Mostly native code for PowerPC
Gershwin
1996
-- Preemptive multitasking and memory protection for all processes
-- Further-improved GUI, customizable for different users and applications
-- Integrated 3-D graphics
-- Ability to run TAE (Taligent Application Services)
Flexible C++
Matthew Wilson
My approach to software engineering is far more pragmatic than it
is
theoretical--and no language better exemplifies this than C++.
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