<s>
The	O
Antics	B-Application
2-D	I-Application
Animation	I-Application
software	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	O
vector-based	O
2-D	O
application	O
for	O
animators	O
and	O
graphic	O
designers	O
,	O
running	O
under	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
of	O
that	O
time	O
ran	O
under	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
which	O
by	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
had	O
been	O
superseded	O
by	O
newer	O
multimedia-oriented	O
systems	O
based	O
on	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
older	O
Antics	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
a	O
project	O
to	O
build	O
a	O
completely	O
new	O
Antics	O
software	O
for	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
Windows	O
was	O
begun	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
published	O
version	O
made	O
available	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
development	O
of	O
previous	O
Antics	O
versions	O
under	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Fortran	B-Application
were	O
discontinued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
the	O
DEC	O
platforms	O
of	O
1980	O
(	O
Digital	O
Equipment	O
Corporation	O
)	O
,	O
then	O
to	O
Silicon	O
Graphics	O
in	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
Apple	B-Device
Macintosh	I-Device
in	O
1989	O
,	O
Antics	O
software	O
supported	O
all	O
these	O
platforms	O
,	O
and	O
many	O
new	O
Antics	O
studios	O
sprang	O
up	O
in	O
Europe	O
,	O
USA	O
,	O
and	O
beyond	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Then	O
,	O
after	O
the	O
early	O
'	O
90s	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Application
PC	I-Application
platform	O
was	O
starting	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
performance	O
needed	O
for	O
Antics	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
much	O
lower	O
hardware	O
costs	O
—	O
and	O
additionally	O
it	O
was	O
also	O
incorporating	O
the	O
kind	O
of	O
output	O
and	O
video	O
devices	O
required	O
as	O
standard	O
,	O
in	O
particular	O
for	O
the	O
emerging	O
market	O
of	O
PC	O
multimedia	O
production	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
date	O
,	O
Antics	O
software	O
had	O
all	O
been	O
implemented	O
using	O
the	O
'	O
Fortran	B-Application
 '	O
language	O
,	O
and	O
current	O
platforms	O
used	O
the	O
'	O
Unix	B-Application
 '	O
operating	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
New	O
integrated	O
hardware	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PC	O
and	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
required	O
a	O
new	O
software	O
design	O
approach	O
(	O
"	O
Event	B-Application
Driven	I-Application
"	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
relevant	O
devices	O
,	O
like	O
mouse	O
and	O
keyboard	O
,	O
to	O
trigger	O
input	O
at	O
any	O
time	O
—	O
which	O
made	O
it	O
much	O
more	O
natural	O
for	O
graphical	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
previous	O
Antics	O
approach	O
was	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
this	O
new	O
design	O
philosophy	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Autumn	O
98	O
Edition	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
Unix/Fortran	O
edition	O
to	O
be	O
supported	O
,	O
as	O
older	O
platforms	O
gradually	O
became	O
obsolete	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
Antics	O
was	O
discontinued	O
,	O
since	O
the	O
only	O
option	O
would	O
be	O
to	O
write	O
the	O
entire	O
software	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
using	O
the	O
'	O
C++	B-Language
 '	O
language	O
—	O
a	O
task	O
which	O
might	O
take	O
several	O
years	O
—	O
and	O
which	O
was	O
not	O
begun	O
until	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
