creat 1217
and
That is how standards evolve. Extensions should not break old code but do not have to support the old code. This is one method of eventually getting the total breadth of the user community "converted" to the standard that includes the extensions.
How do COBOL or FORTRAN programs get moved from a -68 standard to a -77? You do an equivalent thing with any user interface where the "user" had to change his-her keystroke habits.
He didn't say "monitor code". Remember, Barb, the Tops-20 monitor has almost no command code built in: SUBTTL Mini-EXEC -- Command Dispatch ;MINI-EXEC... EXECT1: PBIN ;GET...
Why does the old shell have to run the new extensions? This is a computing impossibility. You cannot expect a program that uses FORTRAN-77 features to be compiled with a FORTRAN-II compiler.
Sure. A goal is to make the new standard easier to use so it doesn't have to become a major project of a site. It should be designed so that, IF the user community does have to extra work to include this new stuff, it can be a "Oh, by the way..." piece of work.
The Palm uses a stylus, which you might think is rat-like as it can be used for pointing, but it is actually used for...
It's called educating your customers. Something that isn't done in any aspect of computing these days...not even the Unix biz.
The Unix OS biz is based on "here it is" rules and not a five- to ten-year "this is how it's going to change" plan. This is one of the things missing in that Open Source methods. There isn't a nice way of planning projects out loud so that customers have enough time to mesh their projects with future Unix implementations.
Why do you think people liked DEC's OSes? There were evolution plans in place and we didn't keep "secrets" from our customers. Why do think the advent of VMS became DEC's downfall? We kept our evolution plans secret, delaring that the majority of our customers did not have a need to know. I hated the invention of non-disclosure agreements. Not only were we announcing something we hadn't made yet but we were creating pigs that were more equal than the rest of the farm's inhabitants. If the "rest" includes all of the education sites, we've stopped breeding new bit gods.
Heh...I just went off on a tangent. I guess I still have a hangover from the encounters with abject stupidity I've had this month.
BAH
Subtract a hundred and four for e-mail.