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From: rick@hanauma (Richard Ottolini)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: X11.4
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Date: 26 Aug 89 23:59:09 GMT
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The version number. i.e. eleven, refers to the Xlib syntax, transmission syntax,
and resulting server behavior which is more or less the same within each
version but can differ greatly between versions.
Version 11 servers generally wont run version 10 programs (although an emulator 
is shipped to do this).
Releases within the same version successively implement more of the protocol,
reduce bugs, and add more applications such as toolkits.
Higher number releases should run programs written for lower number releases.