Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!dartvax!eleazar.dartmouth.edu!erics From: erics@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Eric Schlegel) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Microsoft cuts corners, actually Message-ID: <9874@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Date: 19 Aug 88 22:23:05 GMT References: <429@rose3.rosemount.com> <870217@hpcilzb.HP.COM> <9867@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <9872@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> Sender: news@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU Reply-To: erics@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Eric Schlegel) Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 15 In article <9872@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> earleh@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Earle R. Horton) writes: >When Apple changes things, it is very hard to determine from the >documentation whether they are merely changing a "reserved" part of >the operating system, or whether they are encroaching into areas that >actually have belonged to application programmers. For example? It's always seemed to me that Apple is fairly good about documenting what an application programmer can do and what he or she shouldn't touch. What specific instances have you seen to the contrary? eric ------ Eric Schlegel | DISCLAIMER: I'm just a poor college student, eric.schlegel@dartmouth.edu | which means I'm not responsible for what I | say and I can't pay you if you sue me anyway.