Re: [Alephmodular-devel] 0.3 Progress update... ints done

[Chris B. <zzk...@uq...>]

I'm not sure that i'd totally agree with that.. there are a number of 
programming techniques which are simply not available on Mac OS 9. The 
most obvious example is preemptive threading. If OS 9 support is 
deliberately dropped, there is no reason to avoid such techniques. If 
code is written (eg. networking code) which requires preemptive 
threading, it may take a complete rewrite to make it work with OS 9.

Of course, it's possible that AM move forward with the "don't do 
anything that we know is going to break OS 9 support" mentality - in 
which case we wouldn't be supporting OS 9, but it shouldn't take too 
much work to fix the old OS 9 code.

My personal view is that OS 9 isn't worth supporting; if we can't find 
anyone to maintain an OS 9 version then i'd prefer to see it dropped 
permanently. The opinions of those who still use OS 9 may differ ;-)

chris



On Monday, Dec 30, 2002, at 16:15 Australia/Brisbane, Mark Levin wrote:

>> Unfortunately it comes down to the same problem. I, personally, only 
>> have the ability to compile Mach-O binaries for MacOS X. Project 
>> Builder doesn't appear to be able to create applications that can run 
>> as "fat carbon" applications.
>
> And besides, if the promise of modularity is fulfilled, it should be 
> as easy or easier to add OS 9 support back into AM in the future than 
> try to preserve it through all possible transformations at all times.
>
> --Mark
>
> "There is nothing so absurd that some philospher has not said it."
>