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From Computer Shopper August 1988, page 214:

"Atari to Release Fourth Edition of TOS"

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In an exclusive interview, chief TOS developer Roy J. Good stated
that many planned improvements had to be cancelled due to lack of
downward compatibility with applications written for the older TOS.
Specifically mentioned was the update for the GEMDOS function
malloc ($48), which is used to allocate memory for applications.
Many programmers had written their own code to overcome the
deficiencies of the older malloc, and this code will not run
properly with the newer malloc in place.  Roy Good called programs
containing such code "misbehaved," products of "just flat-out bad
programming."

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***Flame On***

Seems to me that this is another instance of the pot calling the
kettle black!  Atari, and their bug riddled malloc code (I should
really include all of TOS here, since it's all pretty full of bugs),
admonishing developers for fixing malloc any way they could.  If it
didn't take Atari 2+ years for each new version of TOS to hit the
streets, maybe these developers could wait for a fixed version of
malloc.  I guess I really am taking exception to Roy J. Good being
the "chief developer", since he really hasn't even been there a year
yet. I really don't think that he has a clue as to what happened between
the developers and Atari in those earily days.  Some expert...

***Flame Off***

Just so I don't leave you without some good news, the rest of the
article was very informative.  It describes the fixes that are being
included in the new version of TOS.  Maybe I'll see one by Christmas
1990...

					Myron Drapal
					AT&T Denver
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