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From: stm@apple.com (Steve Maller)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: XCMD/XFCNs in HC & elsewhere: standardization?
Message-ID: <10359@goofy.Apple.COM>
Date: 21 Sep 90 20:00:02 GMT
References: <10283@goofy.Apple.COM>
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In article <10283@goofy.Apple.COM> chesley@goofy.apple.com (Harry Chesley) 
writes:
> > > Several XCMD/XFCN's that I use either definitely or probably will 
need
> > > to be re-written to work in HC 2.0
> > 
> > On what authority do you make this statement? Have you tried these 
XCMDs 
> > in 2.0? We have tried very hard to keep things compatible and 
eliminate 
> > the need for major rewrites.
> 
> Most of the communications-oriented XCMDs which I've written need to be 
> rewritten, at least in some minor ways.

Oops. I stand corrected. When I meant "major" rewrites, I meant that 
things had ceased to operate. What you referred to is a low-level 
optimization, not really a life-threatening bug. But things will work 
better after fixing the memory efficiency thingies.

Hey, say hi to Tim Pozar for me. I bumped into him a week or so and he 
said he's working with you.

Steve Maller
HyperCard Engineering Team
Apple Computer