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From: laf@mitre.org (Lee Fyock)
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Subject: Re: THINK C not-so-Update
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Date: 22 May 91 20:48:42 GMT
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There was a 4.0.4 update on the 7.0b4 CD that included a new set
of header files, including a bunch to do system 7 stuff.  There
was also a note that said Symantec was switching over to using
the MPW header files directly.

The 4.0.5 updater that was posted to sumex, however, uses the
old header files, which is good if you don't want to have to
do a lot of typecasting and adapting your old programs, but bad
if you want to use balloon help or the new sound manager, etc.

I don't know why they switched or switched back, but I'll bet
that 5.0 will use MPW header files...


Lee Fyock
laf@mitre.org