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From: dillon@CORY.BERKELEY.EDU (Matt Dillon)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Standardization
Message-ID: <8810201919.AA22218@cory.Berkeley.EDU>
Date: 20 Oct 88 19:19:44 GMT
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:You could put out a 'generic file requester' and other generic gadgets, but
:I wouldn't FORCE programmers to conform to a standard.  Instead of standard-
:isation, I would suggest introducing a generic system of tools that, if the
:programmer was 'too lazy', he could link to his/her programmes.  This would

	All we need is a standard library call (add a new call to the
dos.library in 1.4 since the filerequester needs dos to work anyway).
The call would standardize the input and output parameters as well.

	If you don't like it, simply change the library vector.

					-Matt