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From: dltaylor@cns.SanDiego.NCR.COM (Dan Taylor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
Subject: Re: AMIGA
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Date: 8 May 91 00:48:56 GMT
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In <5054@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> murphy@gibbs.physics.purdue.edu (William J. Murphy) writes:

>So what's the point.  When I developed software on my Amiga, I regularly
>crashed because I am not a great C programmer.  I didn't appreciate rebooting
>once for every compile and test cycle.

Even we more experienced C and Amiga users make mistakes.  That's why
there was a PD (free) program called G.O.M.F. (which I'm sure is a trademark,
only I don't have handy the right person/company to credit) which trapped
nearly all of my stupid mistakes.  This program is now commercial, but
reasonably priced.  There is also "enforcer", which I haven't tried, and
probably others.

There is protection available.  I have NEVER crashed my A2500/30, or
my A1000, for that matter, since I put G.O.M.F. in my startup, no matter
what I was writing and debugging.

Dan Taylor