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From: ejd@iris.brown.edu (Ed Devinney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Tail patches
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Date: 21 Nov 89 07:13:05 GMT
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References:<5249@internal.Apple.COM> <17090@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <5292@internal.Apple.COM> <1989Nov20.182741.2658@eng.umd.edu> <5320@internal.Apple.COM> <1989Nov21.040138.344@eng.umd.edu>

In article <1989Nov21.040138.344@eng.umd.edu> russotto@eng.umd.edu 
(Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
> In article <5320@internal.Apple.COM> chewy@apple.com (Paul Snively) writes:
>>Your application won't break as long as you link with up-to-date library 
>>code! [...] 
> And just how (in 1984) was I supposed to link with up-to-date library code
> released in 1987?
   
You might try something called a "product update" or "new release".  
This is a very nice thing that programmers occasionally do as time goes 
by.  Fix a few bugs, change the about-box or something important like 
that, and maybe even relink with new libraries while you're at it.  You 
can even change the version number and charge more for your application.  
Welcome to the wonderful world of real-life software development
   Jeeeezzzuss, guys...when did Apple (aside from Steve Jobs maybe) claim that 
the Mac family would be upward-compatible forever?  And if they did, when
were you gullible enough to believe them?

ed

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