On Jan 5, 2017, at 22:51, Ryan Schmidt wrote: > On Jan 5, 2017, at 18:47, Michael wrote: > >> On 2017-01-05, at 4:45 PM, Brandon Allbery wrote: >> >>> (Carbon was the one that went away; it was a transitional API for pre-OS X.) > >> Like it was a "carbon copy" of an older system? > > Like it was the basis of all future life on Mac OS.
Here's the quote I was looking for, from Steve's WWDC 1998 keynote: "We've named that API set for Mac OS X 'Carbon'. All life forms will be based on it." https://youtu.be/E5dWDg6f9eo?t=3148
