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From: gwyn@smoke.BRL.MIL (Doug Gwyn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Error Detective
Message-ID: <13645@smoke.BRL.MIL>
Date: 22 Aug 90 20:39:58 GMT
References: <1990Aug20.021901.28351@utstat.uucp> <44111@apple.Apple.COM> <Aug.21.18.57.46.1990.6035@elbereth.rutgers.edu>
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In article <Aug.21.18.57.46.1990.6035@elbereth.rutgers.edu> joseph@elbereth.rutgers.edu (Seymour Joseph) writes:
>I used to download and try NDA's all the time. Now, after being
>burned, I am much more cautious.   Unfortunately I still no of no way
>of finding out if it will cause a problem besides trying.....

While it is possible to automatically detect some such programs
that WILL cause problems, it is inherently impossible to devise
a practical procedure that will reliably catch ALL programs that
could cause problems.  The reasons for this are obvious to anyone
who paid attention in their CS classes.