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I think the statute of limitations on “confusing name” when Mac OS Carbon was removed from OS X 10 years ago has passed.
by cflewis 4y ago
I think the statute of limitations on “confusing name” when Mac OS Carbon was removed from OS X 10 years ago has passed.
- morelisp 4y agoCarbon was removed two years ago.
- astrange 4y agoWell, the API was. There's still bits of it internally driving the menu and event systems, and a lot of app/icon/Finder behaviors.
- oneplane 4y agoSince those old operating systems are now vintage or retro, there have been a few people porting things like Rust, Go and Swift to older Mac OS versions (the ones that use the Toolbox ROM) which was also in the news here. There is of course no 'registry of allowed names that have aged-out' but there are probably other creative names one could come up with.
- olliej 4y agoYeah, I was confused by the name carbon, but am able to recognize that what I think of by default is not relevant anymore.