Comments on: iPhone OS and the Lowest Common Denominator http://blog.jayway.com/2009/03/18/iphone-os-and-the-lowest-common-denominator/ Sharing Experience Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Björn Granvik http://blog.jayway.com/2009/03/18/iphone-os-and-the-lowest-common-denominator/comment-page-1/#comment-2401 Björn Granvik Mon, 23 Mar 2009 07:22:43 +0000 http://blog.jayway.com/?p=1178#comment-2401 Good point. Being back compatible does matter and this trait has a long history at Apple. My final exam work was a 3D editor for architects on a Mac OS 8 machine in ´92 using Object Pascal. Two CPU changes, one major upgrade to Mac OS X and absolutely no changes to the code (not even a recompile) my editor still runs perfectly (albeit a lot faster)... Good point. Being back compatible does matter and this trait has a long history at Apple.

My final exam work was a 3D editor for architects on a Mac OS 8 machine in ´92 using Object Pascal. Two CPU changes, one major upgrade to Mac OS X and absolutely no changes to the code (not even a recompile) my editor still runs perfectly (albeit a lot faster)…

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