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- From: tna@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Trevor Andrews)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Speculations: Amiga and Mach?
- Message-ID: <57078@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 22:19:38 GMT
- References: <1992Aug15.003726.5366@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com> <rwm.713991011@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca> <mykes.0cpy@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG>
- Organization: Purdue University Computing Center
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- In article <mykes.0cpy@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG> mykes@amiga0.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Schwartz) writes:
- >In article <rwm.713991011@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca> rwm@atronx.OCUnix.On.Ca (Russell McOrmond) writes:
- >> bryanf@hpmcaa (Bryan Ford) writes:
- >> >I never suggested that Commodore should abandon Amigas without MMUs. That
- >>
- >> Developers need firewalls, users do not. Developers use MMU based machines.
- >> I've been suggesting that CBM attempt to make a 'developer specific' version
- >> of the Amiga's O.S. that has all the MMU firewall protection in such a
- >> way that more bug-free applications can be written. Enforcer and Mungwall
- >> are a good start, but they don't take care of many types of bugs that
- >> could be detected. I often get problems where I can't tell which
- >> application I am running is actually causing the problem.
- >>
-
- I agree totaly Bryan... If we develope "fullproof" software the users
- do not need protected.
-
- >This is a myth (developers need firewalls, users do not). Applications written
- >for OSes that have firewalls (i.e. MP) still crash on users. It IS nice to
- >have the application clean up and quit without killing your system.
- ...
-
- It's nice, but not really needed. I havn't had my Amiga crash while
- useing it in months. (well, except while I was writing software *smile*)
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-
- Take care,
- Trevor
-
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