Re: path to as string
Re: path to as string
- Subject: Re: path to as string
- From: "John C. Welch" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2005 16:53:20 -0500
- Thread-topic: path to as string
On 7/1/05 13:54, "has" <email@hidden> wrote:
>> rather than vague references to things being "kinda legacy".
>
> Mac OS X, as you might have noticed, uses POSIX paths. HFS paths are a Mac OS
> 9 feature. Their presence in OS X is due to the need to maintain backwards
> support with older pre-OS X software (such as AppleScript).
Um...actually, it uses both depending on need. Not that I'd want to intrude
on this splendid little back and forth, but to say that HFS paths in OS X
are only there for backwards compatibility with pre-OS X software is not
completely correct.
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