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On Oct 5, 2007, at 6:49 AM, Jerahmy Pocott wrote:
> I think he DOES have a point here..
>
> API improvements should be patched into previous OS versions where
> possible,
I agree wholeheartedly.
But, you must bear in mind that (especially for Tiger) improvements
to the kernel and to cocoa itself (Leopard) do make back-porting some
of these features impossible or highly more difficult ?which is
probably why they weren't written during the prior version of the OS
anyway.
<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line
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Pocott wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite
"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Andale Mono" size="3"
style="font: 11.0px Andale Mono">I think he DOES have a point here..</FONT></P>
<P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 11.0px Andale Mono; min-height
: 12.0px"><BR></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Andale
Mono" size="3" style="font: 11.0px Andale Mono">API improvements should be
patched into previous OS versions where possible,</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV
><BR><DIV>I agree wholeheartedly.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder">
</DIV><DIV>But, you must bear in mind that (especially for Tiger) improvements
to the kernel and to cocoa itself (Leopard) do make back-porting some of these
features impossible or highly more difficult ?which is probably why they weren
't written during the prior version of the OS anyway.</DIV></BODY></HTML>
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