[rbanffy]

Ignorance of the past may lead one to incorrect conclusions.

Resource forks were a clever way to keep things like icons, fonts, text messages and dialog box definitions bundled within a single program file (remember - on Macs the install/uninstall procedure is usually dragging an icon).

Many times I've customized programs this way.

HFS+_is brain-dead for a multitude of reasons. This is not one of them.