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From: hamish@waikato.ac.nz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Memory Protection!
Message-ID: <1274.26d165f3@waikato.ac.nz>
Date: 21 Aug 90 04:48:51 GMT
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In article <13858@cbmvax.commodore.com>, valentin@cbmvax.commodore.com (Valentin Pepelea) writes:
> In article <1248.26cbc22c@waikato.ac.nz> hamish@waikato.ac.nz writes:
>> [DELETED]
> 
> There are few ways one can insult me, since I am well aware of the debating
> nature and purpose of Usenet. But mispelling my name is one of them.
>

 Sorry bout that! 

> Asking Amiga programmers to immediately stop putting data in code hunks is like
> asking Unix programmers to always free all their memory before exiting a
> program. In both cases, programmers know that they will never be prevented
> from doing what they do, and in both cases they are right.
>

 Not really. On Unix, the system will do something about it, and it doesn't 
matter. On the AMiga, it's just a lazy (and bad) programming practice. It's
not hard to put the damn things in a data hunk now is it?
 
> Now guys, don't try to convice me otherwise because I already agree with you.
> It's just that I can't do anything about it.
>

 Never say "I can't". Powered, heavier than air flight was impossible until
Richard Pearce came along as well.
 
> Valentin
> -- 
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 How much is SysV for the Amy anyway. It seems to be the only way I'll ever
get a stable system on one. Then again I could just buy a Sparc :)

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