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Article #9799Re: IEEE libraries
From: Chris Gray
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1988 00:22
Date: Thu, 15 Sep 1988 00:22
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There seems to be two sides to the argument about what to do when a library
use-count goes negative. One side wants a GURU (possibly recoverable) so that
the offending program will be found quickly and fixed. The other side wants
no more GURUs, because they make the machine look bad. The solution seems to
be (to me anyway) to have a settable option that controls whether or not
non-fatal GURU's appear at all. The default would be no, for the casual user.
All developers should be hung by their toenails if they don't always run
with it set to 'yes'.
Part of the problem is a difference in philosophy, I suspect. Some people
want a perfect world with no bugs; others just want things to usually work.
I lean towards the former, personally.
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Chris Gray Myrias Research, Edmonton +1 403 428 1616
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!alberta!myrias!cg From: cg@myrias.UUCP (Chris Gray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: IEEE libraries Summary: have a settable GURU controller Keywords: IEEE, GURU, Death, Horror Message-ID: <630@myrias.UUCP> Date: 15 Sep 88 00:22:42 GMT References: <1356@percival.UUCP> <b03Kac9bnd10108qAIk@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com> <358@boing.UUCP> <1570@sbcs.sunysb.edu> <7096@well.UUCP> <731@super.ORG> Distribution: na Organization: Myrias Research Corporation Lines: 16