Re: Apple IIGS ROM 1 or ROM 3, which is better?

[Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>]

In article <20070702223539372+1200@News.Individual.NET>,
 Roger Johnstone <roger@roger.geek.nz.removethisbit> wrote:

> In <1183336639.254018.282320@o11g2000prd.googlegroups.com> Polymorph  
> wrote:
> 
> > Since returning
> > to the A2 world, I am enjoying exploring the possibilities of the
> > IIgs, and am quite frankly blown away at how "mature" seeming the
> > API's etc are within GS/OS. There are scary similarities present
> > between GS/OS and Windows programming even today. What this indicates
> > is anyone's guess.....  ;-)
> > 
> 
> ;o) Well my guess is that both GS/OS and Windows copied the Mac...but 
> that's just a guess as I've never programmed for any of those OSes.

Copied is one way to say it, but I'd say a better word is "refined." The 
IIgs Toolbox is clearly modeled on the Mac Toolbox but they had the 
ability to fix some of the shortcomings and omissions right up front 
instead of adding them on later.