Re: A page of quotes on the software quality question

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From	Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com>
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Subject	Re: A page of quotes on the software quality question
Date	26 Jan 2015 14:42:49 GMT
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On 2015-01-26, Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> wrote:
> Okay, so one time? In band camp? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> was all, like:
>> On 2015-01-23, nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>> In article <m9u9ai$pqa$1@reader2.panix.com>, <billy@MIX.COM> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 
>>>> From today's email, regarding an update of a program I use -
>>>> 
>>>> | Thanks for your help testing.  I am confident that this version will
>>>> | work until such time as Apple decides to break it again, which they
>>>> | seem to do with almost every OS X release.
>>>
>>> whoever authored that app needs to learn how to write better code.
>>>
>>> there is no reason why something should break with almost every os x
>>> release. well written apps that use publicly documented apis do *not*
>>> break all that often, if ever.
>
>> Yep. I authored one particular Mac OS X app that is fairly popular in
>> the scripting community, hasn't needed any OS X specific compatibility
>> updates since 2007, and runs just as well today as it did then.
>
> Have you seen this?
>
><http://blog.steventroughtonsmith.com/post/109040361205/mpw-carbon-and-building-classic-mac-os-apps-in-os>
>
> You can compile for System 1.0 through 10.10!

No, I didn't know anyone had bothered to do that. That's pretty damn
slick. Thanks for passing it on! Bookmarked for future playtime. : )

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A page of quotes on the software quality question nmassello@yahoo.com (Neill Massello) - 2015-01-22 21:43 -0700
  Re: A page of quotes on the software quality question Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2015-01-23 18:15 +1300
  Re: A page of quotes on the software quality question billy@MIX.COM - 2015-01-23 20:01 +0000
    Re: A page of quotes on the software quality question nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-23 15:05 -0500
      Re: A page of quotes on the software quality question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-23 20:17 +0000
        Re: A page of quotes on the software quality question Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-26 11:15 +0000
          Re: A page of quotes on the software quality question Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-26 14:42 +0000

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