It's just one of many ways one can decide to deal with ABI when they develop an API. I don't think the answer could be that simple, and it's a silly and long standing "legacy" of Maya.
I'm sure it can be explained, it's hard to excuse it in modern days though. On 26 May 2014 06:46, "Leendert A. Hartog" <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a "simple" reason for this constant breaking of compatibility? > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 26 May 2014 06:33:14 +1000 > Subject: Re: Maya strengts (anyone?) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Maya breaks binary compatibility every major release. In layman terms you > have to recompile against each version when it comes out. > On 25 May 2014 20:50, "Leendert A. Hartog" <[email protected]> wrote: > > As these NG skin tools do not yet seem to be available for Maya 2015, I > wonder, > why Maya plugins apparently do have to recompiled for every version, > while I am still running a commercial plugin for Softimage that was > created for XSI 5? > It would be nice, if someone could explain this in a few words (and > preferably gently). > Wouldn't qualify as a strength I'd say... > > Greetz > Leendert > > -- > > Leendert A. Hartog AKA Hirazi Blue > Administrator NOT the owner of si-community.com > >
