By John Gruber
Lex.Games: Free daily word games from Lex Friedman. Not the weird Elon stan;
the real Lex Friedman.
When the Mac shipped in 1984 developers had to use a Lisa to write apps for it. When the iPad shipped in 2010 developers had to use a Mac to write apps for it.
In late 1986 Apple shipped MPW, which allowed Mac software to be written on a Mac. In 2020, developers have to use a Mac to write apps for iPad.
★ Tuesday, 28 January 2020