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From: D Finnigan <dog_cow@macgui.com>
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Subject: Re: The Lisa
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On 2/28/25 4:57 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> ram@zedat.fu-berlin.de (Stefan Ram) wrote or quoted:
>> IIRC at one point in time around 1981, the answer was:
>> You buy a Lisa. The "Lisa Workshop" is the development system
>> for the Mac.
> 
>    The Lisa might have been used internally at Apple in 1982 and
>    was released 1983.
> 
>> (After a few years, Macintosh-native development system were
>> developed.)
> 
>    The Macintosh was released in 1984-01, and around 1986, the
>    Lisa Workshop was replaced with the Macintosh Programmer's
>    Workshop which ran inside the Macintosh operating system.
> 
> 

Some articles for further reading for those who are interested:

Macintosh Development in the Dark Ages
https://macgui.com/news/article.php?t=518

Programming with Lisa Workshop
https://macgui.com/news/article.php?t=477

The Macintosh had some native languages in fall 1984.