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Clamchop
on Nov 1, 2023
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macOS Sonoma Boot Failures
Interesting take given that a Mac today has virtually nothing in common with a Mac of the late 1990s, let alone 1984.
MichaelZuo
on Nov 1, 2023
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Says who?
Kwpolska
on Nov 1, 2023
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Mac OS X is a descendant of NeXTStep. It shares no code in common with classic Mac OS.
MichaelZuo
on Nov 1, 2023
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How is Mac OS Classic sharing lines of code, or not, even relevant to the question?
s3p
on Nov 2, 2023
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By definition. If they used the same code, they would be similar.
MichaelZuo
on Nov 2, 2023
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Yes but the opposite is not true, zero line of code shared does NOT necessarily imply zero or near zero similarity. Which is the case under discussion.
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