Not really a surprise there was no Python (1991), Perl (1987), Ruby (1993), or C++ (public-ish in 1985) on a computer released in 1984.
Apple had a basic Pascal compiler on the Apple II/III, but it would have been an unbelievable feat to stretch that into a product with solid links to the System 1 OS, including the new GUI API, on the first few Macs.
Sample applies to BASIC. It would have been possible to squeeze the old MS Basic into the Mac but it would have had to run in some kind of Apple II emulation mode - not the point of the exercise. If you wanted BASIC you could buy an Apple II and carry right on.
Your point is clearly wrong. It took a few years to develop good tools for the original Mac because it was - you know - actually quite hard.
But when Jobs returned good, or at least adequate, free dev tools for MacOS were included almost immediately. And have been included ever since.
Apple had a basic Pascal compiler on the Apple II/III, but it would have been an unbelievable feat to stretch that into a product with solid links to the System 1 OS, including the new GUI API, on the first few Macs.
Sample applies to BASIC. It would have been possible to squeeze the old MS Basic into the Mac but it would have had to run in some kind of Apple II emulation mode - not the point of the exercise. If you wanted BASIC you could buy an Apple II and carry right on.
Your point is clearly wrong. It took a few years to develop good tools for the original Mac because it was - you know - actually quite hard.
But when Jobs returned good, or at least adequate, free dev tools for MacOS were included almost immediately. And have been included ever since.