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The Mac didn't even have memory protection before OSX iirc? I seem to recall that people would have to restart their Mac if something crashed, since it wouldn't
by royjacobs 5y ago
The Mac didn't even have memory protection before OSX iirc? I seem to recall that people would have to restart their Mac if something crashed, since it wouldn't be just the application that would crash - it would be the entire OS.
- dagw 5y agorestart their Mac if something crashed Perhaps the lack of memory protection and the catastrophic consequences of an app crashing made Mac developers more careful and aware of the importance of stable software.