probably just the major version info
Windows : XP, 7, 8, or 10
Mac : 10.9, 10.10, 10.11 ...


so far, for me, I only need to differentiate between platforms, not OSes
so when I need

if (Folder separator = ":") `this is a mac
  do mac stuff
else
  do windows stuff
end if

Chip

On Thu, 18 Jul 2019 15:46:26 +0000, Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I think the verbose version string is for human consumption,
> for example, to help the end user or support contact identify the 
> running platform.
> 
> I can't think of any situation where the internal build number would 
> be needed in 4D code.
> 
> For osVersion, I think it would help if there was a property that 
> just returned the long int value of the os, ie. osVersioinNumber -> 
> 10.0.14393
> 
> 
> 
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