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Article #46162Re: Multifinder, MPW and DAs
From: David N. Schlesinger
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 20:31
Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990 20:31
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In article <10522@microsoft.UUCP> earleh@microsoft.UUCP (Earle HORTON)
writes:
> I would pronounce it [Apple's symbolic debugger] "Sade," as in "Marquis de > Sade," the fellow who gave his name to sadism. I do not mean to imply that > Macintosh programming resembles sadism or any other perversion, of course.
For some reason, there is a long history of naming Mac debugging tools
with names suggestive of S&M. This originated, I believe, with Steve
Capps' "Discipline" tool, which checked the parameters to trap calls
before the calls were actually made. It was continued with Steve Jasik's
"Bondage" package (now named "The Debugger").
I'd have to agree that there's a strong element of masochism involved in
Mac programming, though...
Masochist: Hurt me!
Sadist: No!
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!snorkelwacker!apple!sun-barr!newstop!sun!amdahl!twg.com!lefty From: lefty@twg.com (David N. Schlesinger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.programmer Subject: Re: Multifinder, MPW and DAs Message-ID: <155@gollum.twg.com> Date: 13 Feb 90 20:31:15 GMT Sender: news@twg.com Distribution: na Organization: The Wollongong Group Lines: 22 References: <901@uvicctr.UVic.CA.UUCP> <26356@cup.portal.com> <6413@internal.Apple.COM> <398@dbase.A-T.COM> <10522@microsoft.UUCP>