Re: A89: Re: Survey for the next version of PlusShell
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Re: A89: Re: Survey for the next version of PlusShell
In a message dated 11/17/98 4:10:59 PM Eastern Standard Time,
assets@eden.rutgers.edu writes:
> Having a program dependent on library is no different than having a program
> dependent on a shell. People will most likely make "better" libraries that
> might have all the old functions from older libraries, but with new library
> specific functions; you might have, say, five of these improved libraries,
> but only one on the calc because in order to run older programs, it must
> have the same name as the first. Why repeat what happened on the 85? ..
> especially when we have built-in asm support?!
>
> It's already happened once on the 89; look at the problems we're having
with
> old libraries & the new format
i agree that what you describe would be a disaster. however, i think we can
prevent that, if, as someone said earlier, we find a way to regulate updates
on libraries. as long as there's only one version for any name, it shouldn't
be a problem.