Apple was always like that. "Once upon a time, pointers on the Macintosh had 24 bits..." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44632615 https://news.ycombinato

Apple was always like that. "Once upon a time, pointers on the Macintosh had 24 bits..." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44632615 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44632615 Though at least back then, they provided backward-compatibility modes for old software. You know, back when the expected service lifetime of your Mac was longer than that of your dog.