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From: csbrod@immd4.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech
Subject: Re: Can my program find its name?
Message-ID: <1991Feb21.151919.23876@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>
Date: 21 Feb 91 15:19:19 GMT
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apratt@atari.UUCP (Allan Pratt) writes:

>I can't tell you how gratifying it was to see this question, and then no
>fewer than THREE ANSWERS (A) telling legal ways to do it and (B) discouraging
>use of any other ways.  I'm speechless!  Thank you!

So what's the moral of it: Don't underestimate your users 8-)!
BTW, the missing argv[0] in TOS programs really hurts sometimes.
Sure, it's a design failure you are not responsible for, but it
might be worth it thinking about solutions. 

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>Opinions expressed above do not necessarily	-- Allan Pratt, Atari Corp.
>reflect those of Atari Corp. or anyone else.	  ...ames!atari!apratt

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Claus Brod, Am Felsenkeller 2,			Things. Take. Time.
D-8772 Marktheidenfeld, West Germany		(Piet Hein)
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