Ansi vs Unicode API

[Don]

Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:07:56 -0500, Walter Bright 
> <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> 
>> Backward compatibility doesn't mean that the old systems have to 
>> support new features. It just means that the old features continue to 
>> work on the new systems. I have a lot of software built for Win95 that 
>> still works fine <g>. Even the DOS programs still work.
> 
> Your argument was about building programs on MacOS 10.5 that crash on 
> 10.4.  That's like building programs on Windows XP and expecting them to 
> run flawlessly on Windows 98.
> 
> Although, I will say, having a Hello World executable throw a bus error 
> is a little over the top in breaking backwards compatibility :)
> 
> -Steve

Apple is a bit over the top. It really seems they don't give a damn 
about backwards compatibility. Yet they've stayed in business. I think 
there's a lesson in that.