Bill Atkinson | Lisa Source Code

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Computer History Museum session with Bill Atkinson, the Apple engineer behind QuickDraw and MacPaint, reviewing the Lisa source code released by the museum. He comments on the code and on how it relates to his own work.

HN posted it repeatedly as a first-hand account of the Lisa and Mac graphics software, and cites it for Atkinson's remarks that the published code is not his QuickDraw.

“In the corresponding interview, Bill makes several pointed remarks that the state of the code published”

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In the corresponding interview, Bill makes several pointed remarks that the state of the code published—or at least he code as it was when presented to him for comment—is not his QuickDraw code. <▶ this video>