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A team of skilled developers who worked on the FB editor, who were also tutored at Purves' knee on his pet FB project, the FBtoC translator, continued his work keeping the Macintosh's oldest compiler viable for a new generation of coders and Apple's macOS changes.
A team of skilled developers who worked on the FB editor, who were also tutored at Purves' knee on his pet FB project, the FBtoC translator, continued his work keeping the Macintosh's oldest compiler viable for a new generation of coders and Apple's macOS changes.


CocoaUI, a collection of header classes brought Apple's Cocoa( Foundation + AppKit ) to FB, and a fast 64-bit Editor offering syntax highlighting, line numbers and variety of programmer conveniences have since been added to the IDE.
CocoaUI, a collection of header classes brought Apple's Cocoa(Foundation + AppKit) to FB, and a fast 64-bit Editor offering syntax highlighting, line numbers and variety of programmer conveniences have since been added to the IDE.


When Apple released Macs running on the ARM M1 chips in early 2021, FB and FBtoC were integrated into a single app that was updated to allow Universal code to be compiled on both the Intel and M1 platforms.
When Apple released Macs running on the ARM M1 chips in early 2021, FB and FBtoC were integrated into a single app that is frequently updated with new features. The most recent version allows Universal code to be compiled as standalone applications on M1, M2 and Intel Macs.


FB has a small but dedicated group of programmers ranging from amateurs to commercial developers. For more information visit the FB home page at:
FB has a small but dedicated group of programmers ranging from amateurs to commercial developers. For more information visit the FB home page at: