Re: questions on the load list . . .

2006-10-23 Thread Tom Marchant
On Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:48:43 +, john gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ... I can in fact think >of no---circumstances in which it is excusable to write >non-reentrant code. Do you consider the architecture to be deficient because it does not provide for the separation of data and instru

Re: questions on the load list . . .

2006-10-21 Thread Steve Comstock
john gilmore wrote: Chris Craddock wrote: In practice those limitations are trivially defeated, which is one of the many reasons I maintain that non-reentrant modules are just a bad idea and ought to be avoided, especially by privileged code. My view is less charitable. There are now fe

Re: questions on the load list . . .

2006-10-20 Thread john gilmore
Chris Craddock wrote: In practice those limitations are trivially defeated, which is one of the many reasons I maintain that non-reentrant modules are just a bad idea and ought to be avoided, especially by privileged code. My view is less charitable. There are now few if any---I can in