[REBOL] Re: Can't double-click rebol scripts on iMac
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 26-Aug-2002 10:49
Hi, Gabriele,
Gabriele Santilli wrote:
> What happens when you download a file from the Internet?
>
Mac files are usually exchanged across the 'Net using a tool such
as Stuffit, which creates a single data file containing all of the
necessary components:
1) data fork
2) resource fork
3) creator code
4) file type code
and can reconstitute them when the file is "unstuffed" on the
receiving side. Since "stuffing" a file also compresses it, the
whole process is a net win and just as painless as using gzip on
Unix.
>
> (BTW, why, being Win the only broken OS when it comes to
> file types, do people tend to follow it --- even on Linux?
> The whole world seems to rely on file extensions...
> This is likely the result of people never having seen anything
> except Win... I wonder how come there's only so few
> people really realizing the (cultural) disaster MS has
> created...)
>
I believe you've hit the correct explanation. It's bitterly
ironic that a company that has turned "innovation" into a bit
of newspeak marketing jargon actually stifles innovation by
hanging on to seriously outdated concepts and by attempting to
kill off any attempt at legitimate competition.
-jn-
