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Article #16035Re: VBL tasks, offscreen bitmaps, Lightspeed Pascal, etc.
From: Duane Williams
Date: Sat, 09 May 1987 05:47
Date: Sat, 09 May 1987 05:47
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David Goldsmith of Apple Computer Inc. writes: > This actually isn't a good idea; after Inside Macintosh (vol. I-III) were > published, changes to the system software were made such that the menu bar > height is no longer a constant (this is also the case on the Radius FPD). Let's remember this the next time we hear developers getting castigated for breaking the rules set forth in Inside Macintosh. Sometimes people obey the rules, then Apple changes the rules, and then we read articles about how programs fail to work with new software from Apple because the authors didn't follow the rules. Sometimes yes, but not always.
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