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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8893269a4640c798 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-07-22 07:43:28 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!82-43-33-75.cable.ubr01.croy.blueyonder.co.UK!not-for-mail From: "Nick Roberts" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: terminate applications Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 15:45:13 +0100 Message-ID: References: <3F17DF3C.4080204@noplace.com> <3F196773.2060809@noplace.com> <3F19F86C.9050808@attbi.com> <3F1A772F.9060708@noplace.com> <3F1AD6FB.8080806@attbi.com> <3F1BD666.6040506@noplace.com> <3F1D27CC.6020002@noplace.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 82-43-33-75.cable.ubr01.croy.blueyonder.co.uk (82.43.33.75) X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de 1058885006 16124247 82.43.33.75 (16 [25716]) X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4807.1700 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4807.1700 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:40643 Date: 2003-07-22T15:45:13+01:00 List-Id: "Marin David Condic" wrote in message news:3F1D27CC.6020002@noplace.com... > ... Other programming languages provide some means of > program termination (Pascal had a "HALT" instruction > IIRC...) so its not as if I was dreaming up some wild-eyed > fanatical scheme from the lunatic fringe. :-) What I'd like to see is the Halt procedure having a Reset parameter (Boolean, in), which, when true, would cause the generation of a localised temporal inversion vortex (LTIV) -- provided the necessary hardware was attached, naturally -- just sufficient to completely undo the effects of the program since the moment it was executed. It would be necessary for the operating system to trap attempts to extend the LTIV beyond -15 years, so as to eliminate the possibility of the dreaded ROTM/JD* effect. -- Nick Roberts Jabber: debater@charente.de [ICQ: 159718630] * Rise of the Machines/Judgment Day** ** sometimes termed in the literature as the GEFBA series*** *** Good Excuse for Bad Acting**** **** although I suppose The Terminator may be just what we're looking for :-)