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From: wb1j+@andrew.cmu.edu (William M. Bumgarner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Backdrop INIT Enhancement suggestion
Message-ID: <8XFaVxy00UgXIhzoFq@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 2 Oct 88 17:33:49 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon
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INIT's shouldn't care what their name is... the key reason being so you can
force them to load in whatever order you want!  Reasons:

a) compatibility-- some INIT's don't like being loaded before/after others.

b) organization--  I name all my INIT's zz Name to force them to the bottom
   of the list in the system folder (view by name-- who wants to look at 150+
   icons :-).

c) user-friendliness-- maybe someone wants to rename it for some unkown reason,
   fine, that is their business.  but if they do so, then there is no reason
   why anything should break.

d) security-- if somethine breaks because it is renamed, then what is to
   prevent someone from destroying a system folder by renaming everything?
   System/Finder/drivers are pretty easy to recognize, the prefs files can
   be deleted, but INIT's aren't so easy...

AAsk INIT is NOT public domain/shareware/freeware.  It is BETA from CE
Software and was released by a former beta tester.  Use/distribution is not
legal!  The version that leaked is 1.0b4 and is not stable/sanctioned.

b.bum
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