From: opstad@apple.com (David Opstad)
Subject: Re: QuickDraw GX (was Re: When are the rest of the Inside Mac's due?)
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In article <1993Apr13.090025.20758@msc.cornell.edu> maynard@leah.msc.cornell.edu (Maynard J. Handley) writes:
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>Does GX take the place of 32 bit QD or add to it? Right now 32 bit is
>kinda aesthetically a pain in a few places because of hacks upon hacks
>to maintain compatibility with original QD---I think of things like
>where you have to cast CGrafPorts to GrafPorts and such. It would be a
>lot cleaner to ditch this entire mess and start over---do we get that?
>
>Maynard

Sorry for the delay in replying; your message only showed up today (23 Apr)
on apple.com. QuickDraw GX is not a replacement for QuickDraw; the two of
them live quite happily together. You may write an app that only uses GX
if you want, or you may write a hybrid app that uses both. Suptayoo.

Dave