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From: sfalken@mondo.engin.umich.edu (Steve Falkenburg)
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Subject: Re: New XferIt Mac FTP Client Available
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Date: 1 May 91 21:57:32 GMT
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In article <1991May1.161827.23293@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner) writes:
> 
> I refuse to write a single line of code for 7.0 until I have 7.0 *and
> documentation*, *and glue*.  (And a separate hard disk to run it on, of
> course, since 6 & 7 can't coexist...)

You'll have to take that up with your employer.  The B4 CD glue with Think C
works fine for me.

> It's *Apple's* resolver, *Apple's* MacTCP, and *Apple's* implementation of
> aliases that caused the problem, not I.  You may argue that all of Apple's
> choices were reasonable; fine.  Just don't tell me I have an "offending"
> application :-).

You're right on with that one.  I also am angry about the way Apple has
handled this one.  It's ridiculous that a re-compilation will be
necessary for ALL MacTCP programs, but it will be.

This is one case where even following all of Apple's "rules" doesn't help
with compatibility with future systems.  I certainly hope the code they
release with the new version of MacTCP addresses these problems fully,
but based on the style of the previous versions, I HIGHLY doubt it.

For starters, they could make there #include and .c/.h files work with
both Think C and MPW.  It wouldn't be too tough, and hey, why not throw
interfaces in for Pascal programmers?

> You know, there is almost nothing in Eudora that checks what it's being run
> on; obviously, System 7 is going to change that in a big way...

That's what _Gestalt is for.  Kind of painful to use, but now Apple has
made it necessary.

> Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
> Internet: s-dorner@uiuc.edu  UUCP: uunet!uiucuxc!uiuc.edu!s-dorner

Just to make myself perfectly clear, I'm not blaming authors of
MacTCP applications for them not working under 7...  I'm just
saying that even though it wasn't their fault, the code will have
to be revved.

-steve falkenburg
 sfalken@mondo.engin.umich.edu