Why doesn't Mac OS have a registry?
Because the inclusion of a monolithic "registry" might possibly be one of the worst engineering decisions of the twentieth century (hyperbole, but true).
Children who read nursery rhymes are well aware of the risks of putting all your eggs in one basket. The engineers who came up with the global registry were not.
Mac OS uses small preference-list files which are stored in containers unique to the application which requires them. This sensibly prevents damage and bad code from influencing other applications.
Because the inclusion of a monolithic "registry" might possibly be one of the worst engineering decisions of the twentieth century (hyperbole, but true).
Children who read nursery rhymes are well aware of the risks of putting all your eggs in one basket. The engineers who came up with the global registry were not.
Mac OS uses small preference-list files which are stored in containers unique to the application which requires them. This sensibly prevents damage and bad code from influencing other applications.
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