What does a double colon "::" mean in Max OS 9 and earlier ("classic")? I know a single colon is a directory separator; "directory:file" references file in directory the root directory; ":file" references file in the current directory. But I don't know what "::" is.
I saw it in an SDL makefile:
Code:"::lib:SDL_main.o"
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It means moving up one level in the directory tree.
a:b::c:d = a/b/../c/d
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Thank you. I guess I should have guessed that.
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