In article <5194675327864350.wa.tim.haressrc.myflorida....@listserv.ua.edu> you
write:
>I'm sure this has been asked and answered somewhere in the dusty
>archives of this list, but I honestly couldn't figure out a way to
>formulate a search for it that would return mostly useful
>information....
>
>Does anyone know the historical/technical reason for some products, (at
>our shop CA-Datacom and possibly SAS SHARe) requiring you to START a
>task, to STOP their started task? I know it's ridiculous of me but it
>drives me nuts to have to start something when I want to stop something
>else.
>
>I've written code of my own which handles the STOP and MODIFY commands,
>so I know that it's not extremely difficult; it's pretty well
>documented in the manuals too if I recall. I wrote the code years ago,
>so it's not like the ability just became available, either.
>
>So - anyone know why this particular technique is used? Is there some
>technical reason for it?
Tim et al, This is a pure WAG:
The START command has been around a LOT longer than the STOP command, so
if A is running and you can't say STOP A, then you START B, B starts
running, locates A, taps A on the shoulder, A recognizes this tap and
ends, B ends normally.
It became the standard way to end a never-ending task. Then someone
invented STOP.
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