New Patch Fixes 43 Flaws In OS X, Many Serious 2152
Are you saying you transcribed the test programs from a book published by Addison-Wesly?
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Not from Unix. From the Mac.
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You don't need to recompile DOS programs to run them on XP. You do with Unix programs on OS X.
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So... APIs extend deeper into application software that you thought. It is not trivial at all to move a program from Mac OS X to Unix.
I can't parse this part. I will restate: programs written to Carbon will use NewHandle and friends. Programs that do this will not work on Unix.
These are very simple APIs, but they are the tip of the iceberg; a good OS toolbox offers a *lot* of functionality, and that means that many parts of the application will depend upon the toolbox you use.
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Your use of terminology is, as ever, entertaining.
The thing you call "extensions" are the whole of the APIs which Mac applications are built on. Proprietary they are, but any Mac app will need to interface with them.
Perhaps the book is not so comprehensive after all, then. :D snip From *the Mac*. It was, of course, an all new codebase (except for Mach), but they were clearly trying to out-Mac...
What a remarkable claim.
Daniel Johnson One can download them from their website. Yes, from Unix. Where else did Next Step evolve from? So? The fact that you have to recompile them on OS X is...
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than Mac OS X; and as far as I can tell, that compatibility is the entire argument you have for calling Mac OS X a Unix.