From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,85034d1ac78a66eb X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-03-18 23:37:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!unlnews.unl.edu!newsfeed.ksu.edu!nntp.ksu.edu!news.okstate.edu!not-for-mail From: David Starner Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada Operating System Date: 19 Mar 2002 06:20:33 GMT Organization: Oklahoma State University Message-ID: References: <3c77b476.322111671@news.cis.dfn.de> <3C88E0D1.89161C16@despammed.com> <3C9514DD.9CF1F84A@san.rr.com> <99da9u0909rsblfdcc1ru7jd2r9q461qhk@4ax.com> Reply-To: starner@okstate.edu NNTP-Posting-Host: x8b4e50c5.dhcp.okstate.edu User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21444 Date: 2002-03-19T06:20:33+00:00 List-Id: On Sun, 17 Mar 2002 19:25:09 -0600, James Ross wrote: > Sure, sounds like bizarre things to do -- but > the OS should not allow it regardless what reason I might have for > doing it. I _hate_ when gratitious restrictions stop me from doing what I need to do. When the user really, really wants to shoot themselves in the foot, the system's job is to provide the gun. (Note that Ada follows this rule - machine insertions, unchecked deallocation, unchecked conversions.) What if I'm about to rearrange some partitions, so I need to move some data onto the only stable partition, which happens to be /usr/lib? -- David Starner - starner@okstate.edu "It's not a habit; it's cool; I feel alive. If you don't have it you're on the other side." - K's Choice (probably refering to the Internet)