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On 25 Jun 2001 07:35:14 GMT, Hans-Bernhard Broeker 
<broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de> sat on a tribble, which squeaked:

[Gratuitous insult snipped.]

>You don't have the slightest idea how robust they already are,
>compared to just about everything else in this market (except truly
>self-protecting OSes like NT or Linux).

Actually, I do.

>nearptr mode.

Not using it.

>You have a loaded gun in your hands, you have still got both your
>feed; so Bingo!, there's absolutely nothing anybody else could to
>prevent you from shooting yourself in the foot.  Nothing but your own
>prudence, that is.

That would make sense if I were expecting my programs to magically
never crash. I'm not. All I ask is a tall stack, and a traceback to
steer her by...
-- 
Bill Gates: "No computer will ever need more than 640K of RAM." -- 1980
"There's nobody getting rich writing software that I know of." -- 1980
"This antitrust thing will blow over." -- 1998
Combine neo, an underscore, and one thousand sixty-one to make my hotmail addy.