Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!texbell!sugar!peter From: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: ^G in WorkBench 1.4 Message-ID: <4527@sugar.hackercorp.com> Date: 12 Nov 89 00:42:33 GMT References: <3742@altos86.Altos.COM> <1159@maestro.htsa.aha.nl> <3260@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> <4518@sugar.hackercorp.com> <3271@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> Reply-To: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Sugar Land Unix - Houston Lines: 14 In article <3271@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU> barrett@jhunix.UUCP (Dan Barrett) writes: > Mainly to make the software a little idiot-proof. I have seen > plenty of programs that allow multiple control-G's to get sent quickly. I don't believe in arbitrarily limiting software to make it idiot-proof. The two biggest bitches I have with some of the more recent versions of UNIX are this sort of idiot-proofing. Like refusing to create a file if you specify more than 14 characters. Warn the user if the sample is long, but if they insist then you've done your duty. -- Peter "Have you hugged your wolf today" da Silva `-_-' "IT'S THE TWO GODDAMNED CULTURES AGAIN !*! Bit-brained nerdery on one 'U` side, effete fin-de-siecle malaise on the other. And kingdoms of hybrid delight abandoned in the middle." -- burns@latcs1.oz (Jonathan Burns)