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From: mce@tc.fluke.COM (Brian McElhinney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Protected mamory (SIC)
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Date: 16 May 89 00:37:51 GMT
References: <1989May11.193812.2552@cs.rochester.edu>
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In article <1989May11.193812.2552@cs.rochester.edu> miller@CS.ROCHESTER.EDU (Brad Miller) writes:
>
>Protection issues needed to support multiple users aren't an issue with
>single users.

That's hard to swallow.  So it isn't an issue that a bug in my word processor
can crash my machine?  Taking my spreadsheet, drawing program, and everything
else with it?  I would personally (almost!) trade all the new features in
System 7.0 for memory protection.

I've heard that "well-written software doesn't crash."  I don't believe it.
Writing software is hard.  People are involved.  There is never enough time.
Mistakes *will* be made.
 
 
Brian McElhinney
mce@tc.fluke.com