Comment by jkmcf

I think motif was fine for its time, but definitely not much better than OpenLook.

However, 30 years ago, developing a standard SunOS app with devGuide was the most enjoyable and productive programming I've ever experienced. Simply layout your GUI, link actions to methods, generate code, fill in the abstracted methods, compile and run. I didn't have to learn X or any other bloated low level graphics library.

AFAIK, nothing has been easier, especially XCode.