In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, George Gwilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >>Also it is not the function of a >> new >> O/S to be backwardly compatible. > >I would be horrified if I thought that any of my programs would stop >working on new versions of SMSQE. To that extent I would hope for >example that any of the previously documented Traps would continue >to operate as stated. In fact that is what has happened so far with >SMSQE with very few exceptions. You misunderstand the concept here. Operating systems move on and become more sophisticated. Most good ones move the software writers along with them. The users buy new versions which take advantage of the new facilities and the whole system moves forward.
If you continually make the whole thing backwardly compatible people carry on using the old versions and nothing advances. This is the state we have arrived at. Some new features never get used which is both a shame and a rebuff for those who worked on the newer ideas. We need to move forwards. -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex.BN41 2LB Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030 fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 skype : royqbranch web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
