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From: 850031m@aucs.uucp (Ross MacGregor)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: resource tracking
Keywords: Discipline, discipline
Message-ID: <1990Feb12.182400.29988@aucs.uucp>
Date: 12 Feb 90 18:24:00 GMT
References: <355.25C92297@weyr.FIDONET.ORG> <926@tardis.Tymnet.COM> <352@amgraf.UUCP>
Reply-To: 850031m@aucs.UUCP (Ross MacGregor)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia
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In article <352@amgraf.UUCP> huver@amgraf.UUCP (Huver) writes:
> ... 
>
>Is it logical to ask an opreating system to guard against incompetent/
>ignorant/lazy programmers who do not act responsible for their own actions?
>
>If a person is not supposed to throw dirty socks around the house, whether
>he/she lives alone or not, why is it "a good idea" that some O/S should
>provide resource tracking?  The computer is supposed to follow you closely
>and silently pick up the dirty socks you throw around, is that it?

Ahh, but the whole house doesnt come down just because you left a few
dirty socks lying around. :-)

-ross
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Ross MacGregor                                      | " Elvis Lives - I
E-mail: 850031m@AcadiaU.CA                          |   heard him on the   
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