Re: Data fork

In article <m2slt8qjlp.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, shamino@xxxxxxxxxx (David C.)
wrote:

> Macintosh files (going all the way back to the very first model
> Macs) are more complex than files on other systems.

Just for the sake of pedantry, I should point out that Windows NT had
the equivalent of a "resource fork," although I've forgotten what it was
called, but I played with it some. I could never get Mac resources into
the NT files, but then I didn't try very hard, and I'm not a very apt
geek. Anyway, the NT equivalent was specifically designed to network
Macs and NT machines nicely; I don't think MS had a use for it other
than that. And then the world moved on.
--
W. Oates
"I thought I was the last son of Krypton,
but you people keep popping up." -- Clark Kent

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