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From: jwhitnell@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Register saving conventions
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Date: 10 Aug 88 22:14:34 GMT
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mike  (carlton@ji.berkeley.edu    ...!ucbvax!ji!carlton) writes...
|(I know, tail patches are frowned upon, but they're useful sometimes).

They are not just frowned upon, they may also break current or future system
upgrades!  Using tail patches is a good recipe for guraenteeing your code
is not compatible with future system releases.

Jerry

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