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Article #1175Re: Will app developed in 3.0 run on 2.1 machine?
From: moose
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 17:43
Date: Fri, 25 Sep 1992 17:43
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In article <1992Sep24.013143.22407@afit.af.mil> johair@afit.af.mil (John R. O'hair) writes: > I have written a fairly complex number crunching rountine using IB. Once > its performed its calculations it displays various 1D and 2D plots. I > wrote the code under 2.2 and will use this as the basis for any further > software development after I upgrade to 3.0. > > Since the software will also be run on machines at school running 2.1, > my question is this: will the software modified under 3.0 work on a > machine running 2.1? It seems reasonable that my application will not > work if I use some of the new objects. Are there any old objects that > have been modified such that they would cause my code to crash? > Nope. Anything written under 3.0 might use methods that don't exist under 2.x and this would cause a crash. Therefore, no 3.x applications can run under 2.x. -- Michael Rutman | moose@svcdudes.com Cubist | makes me a NeXT programmer Software Ventures | maker of MicroPhone Pro #include <std.disclaimer> | really offensive political statement
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!ames!agate!stanford.edu!rutgers!psinntp!psinntp!svc!news From: moose@svcdudes.com Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.software Subject: Re: Will app developed in 3.0 run on 2.1 machine? Message-ID: <1992Sep25.174334.8157@svcdudes.com> Date: 25 Sep 92 17:43:34 GMT References: <1992Sep24.013143.22407@afit.af.mil> Sender: news@svcdudes.com Reply-To: moose@svcdudes.com Distribution: na Organization: Software Ventures, Inc. Lines: 23