>Since Director originally was a 16-bit app, and 32-bit wasn't >introduced until Director 5, most likely the file format and >everything for those was still 16-bit; there being no practical >reason (other than perhaps speed) to move to 32-bit ints. Also, the >speed diff between 16 and 32 would be negligible, but moving to 32 >would have an impact on file size, so I'm guessing that's why they >kept it at 16-bits.
Interesting logic, but I think that Director wasn't a 16 bit app until version 3.03. Before that it was only 32 bit. Perhaps it was to save two bytes that it was stored as 16 bits and not 32 bits. -- [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
