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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!waikato.ac.nz!ldo
  2. From: ldo@waikato.ac.nz (Lawrence D'Oliveiro, Waikato University)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  4. Subject: Re: bg-only, stack size
  5. Message-ID: <1993Jan26.113213.13436@waikato.ac.nz>
  6. Date: 26 Jan 93 11:32:13 +1300
  7. References: <1jplelINNt88@shelley.u.washington.edu> <REEKES-250193123820@90.10.20.67>
  8. Followup-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer
  9. Organization: University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
  10. Lines: 17
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  12. In article <REEKES-250193123820@90.10.20.67>, REEKES@applelink.apple.com (Jim Reekes) writes:
  13. >
  14. > Background only applications work just like regular apps. They just don't
  15. > use QuickDraw. (e.g. don't call InitWindows, etc.)
  16.  
  17. I don't see why not using the Toolbox has to mean you can't use QuickDraw.
  18. QuickDraw still has uses for offscreen drawing, doesn't it?
  19.  
  20. OK, I'm prepared to accept that *most* background applications don't use
  21. QuickDraw...
  22.  
  23. Lawrence D'Oliveiro                       fone: +64-7-856-2889
  24. Computer Services Dept                     fax: +64-7-838-4066
  25. University of Waikato            electric mail: ldo@waikato.ac.nz
  26. Hamilton, New Zealand    37^ 47' 26" S, 175^ 19' 7" E, GMT+13:00
  27. Mathematics is too important to be abandoned to fanatic logicians.
  28.                             -- Benoit Mandelbrot
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