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Re: Apple? - interface quirks & software matters

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From: Jim Williams
Date: Sat, 19 Aug 1995 00:59
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medulla@phoenix.org (Mike Edulla) wrote:
>
>the mac os (system 7, whatever its called) supports cooperative multitasking
>(which isnt too stable, because 1 app can crash the machine)....
>

Actually, with "coorerative multitasking" per se the app can only hang the
system.  Crashing it comes from allowing apps to access address space which
they do not own -- I don't know the current status of the Mac on this.

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