Re: Program bugs and Game bugs

[jeffr@bnr.ca (Jeffrey Robertson)]

In article <34FC1553.B254FD46@swbell.net>,
Rubywand  <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>
>     Anyway, a project like Wolf3D is a _lot_ of work. If, with a
>deadline closing in, you see a way to save time or memory by making a
>possibly risky ToolBox CALL, you are, probably, going to do it.
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Until you've made the toolbox call, and discovered that the toolbox
(ie, the OS) has a bug, I can't imagine how anyone could be so
paranoid as to consider the call "possibly risky".

Unless, of course, you have no faith in the OS generally.  Are you
suggesting that this is the case for either yourself or Sheppy?

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