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177 points colinprince | 1 comments | 24 Sep 17 16:06 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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wwweston ◴[24 Sep 17 16:58 UTC] No.15325475[source]▶
> I have a section in the book that I'm writing where I talk about how to design a good API. I pose the question of why none of the original Apple Mac API published in 1985 taking about 1,200 pages is in use today whereas almost all of the UNIX V6 API published in 1975 taking 321 pages is still in use and has been copied by many other systems. I'm sure that everyone on this list knows the answer.

I'm not sure I do. But it does seem like a good question.

Also:

http://www.art.net/~hopkins/Don/unix-haters/x-windows/disast...

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1. MycroftJones ◴[24 Sep 17 21:02 UTC] No.15326484[source]▶
With a description like that, he's got one confirmed pre-sale of that book. I'd pay up to $50 for it. Especially if he tells us what are the dozen core API calls that could replace X.