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From: chucks@pnet51.orb.mn.org (Erik Funkenbusch)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
Subject: Re: Short Hello World
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Date: 22 May 91 15:05:03 GMT
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sschaem@starnet.uucp (Stephan Schaem) writes:
>
> Leaving the 'removed' function on a disk based library is good things.
> If some have to be removed...
> But what do you think CBM will do? I still dont think they will do
> something like that.
>
>
>								Stephan.


The point isn't weather they will or won't.  the point is that the old
functions are doing things that commodore doesn't want people doing any more. 
commodore has flagged them as obsolete and has told EVERYONE not to use them
anymore.  leaving the old functions in there, will just tell people it's ok to
use them.  it would be trivial to point all the old functions to a common
error return id, and suddenly none of the old code (or new code that people
chose to ignore commodore, "they wouldn't do that") works anymore.  take your
chances, but don't whine when it doesn't work anymore.

you've been warned people.

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