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From: kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Jim Goodnow's REZ
Message-ID: <27304@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com>
Date: 9 Apr 88 18:49:47 GMT
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In article <3595@cbmvax.UUCP>, andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel) writes:
> In article <26894@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> kim@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Kim DeVaughn) writes:
> >P.S.  I suppose this means that we need a "resident" standard now.
> >
> >                                                         :-) :-)
>
> The 1.2 and 1.3 versions of Resident are compatible :-)
> (as is the MCC Shell version)

I hope you mean "backwardly compatible", and not "functionally compatible",
Andy :-)   There were some, uh, "rather interesting side-effects" with the
old 1.2 thingie ...


> Actually, we don't really need compatibility between the user level
> 'resident' type commands...as long as they work together, who really
> cares what list they are stored on in memory ?

Oh, I was just being a little sarcastic, WRT the ongoing, and seemingly
endless discussions about IPC, and a couple other things.  Hence the double
smiley ...

On the other hand, *I'm* not going to be writing a "tell me everything
that's resident" program.  Could also be interesting to see which res'er
list wins when you make the same program resident in more than one way.
I suppose a user that does such a brash thing will ultimately get what
they deserve!

Hmmmm ... along these lines, I wonder what'll happen when I have "resi" make
"rez" resident, and then make "resi" "resident" ...?  (Is this akin to a "make"
programmer making make make make make make?)

Yeah, I know ... I'm more than a little bit "off the wall" today ...


> If, however, it takes work on the part of the programmer (special
> entry points, etc) then we do need a standard.

Agreed.  Does it ("resident", that is)?


> "Never test for an error condition you don't know how to handle."

This line goes in my quotes file!

/kim


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