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In article <ju2b8s895s8bce7scs63tf1lbdg7fvmerc@4ax.com>,
Guy Fawkes  <guy.fawkes@error404.surfbaud.co.uk> wrote:

>I see, you install some of the worst examples of programming going, eg
>games, and then blame the operating system when said games perform
>illegal function calls and knock the OS over........

One of the key functions of an operating system is to ensure that
a program performing an "illegal function" cannot crash the machine.

Everyone knew this twenty years ago.  It's only PCs and Macs that have
lowered expectations to the point where someone can seriously suggest
that it's reasonable that a program can crash the machine.

Long-time computer users often ask "how can people put up with the
unreliability of PCs?".  The answer is clear - PC users just don't
know that computers don't have to be that flaky.

It's simple: if a program can crash the computer, it's a bug in the
operating system.

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