Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!yale!cs.yale.edu!fischer-michael From: fischer-michael@cs.yale.edu (Michael Fischer) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: idle rambling Message-ID: <25952@cs.yale.edu> Date: 31 Aug 90 03:57:04 GMT References: <1990Aug30.225713.24233@math.lsa.umich.edu> <6848.26dd860f@uwovax.uwo.ca> Sender: news@cs.yale.edu Organization: Yale University Computer Science Dept., New Haven, CT 06520-2158 Lines: 13 Nntp-Posting-Host: ginkgo.theory.cs.yale.edu Originator: fischer@ginkgo.CS.Yale.Edu In article <6848.26dd860f@uwovax.uwo.ca> 7103_2622@uwovax.uwo.ca (Eric Smith) writes: >The other problem is that no one can be sure that the AUTO folder patch >is available on every machine; hence, the constant re-invention of the >wheel. But that's what the cookie jar is for. A program that wants to patch the jump table can test to see if the patch is there already. If not, it can install it itself or else install its own trap handler the old way. -- ================================================== | Michael Fischer | ==================================================