LC >= 8 no more HC friendly?

[Richmond Mathewson]

I am amazed that LiveCode has remained backward compatible as long as it 
has.

Richmond.

On 30/5/2018 4:55 pm, Klaus major-k via use-livecode wrote:
> Hi friends,
>
> I am trying to open some old HyperCard stacks (thanks Jaqueline :-)
> and LC 8.1.9, 8.1.10 and 9.0 immediately and silently CRASH without notice
> after selecting hte file in hte open dialog, I only get the macOS crash report.
>
> Using LC 5.02, I can open the stacks without problem, except the usual errors
> when opening a HC stack (using reserved words for variables etc.)
>
> Any insights or hints?
>
>
> Best
>
> Klaus
>
> --
> Klaus Major
> http://www.major-k.de
> klaus at major-k.de
>
>
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