Hi, Guy, Guy Thornley wrote: > Of course you could argue the OS should be able to detect this, and prevent > it occuring anyway. I don't know anything about linux's behaviour in this > area. Yes, one can argue that way. But a generic Algorithm in the OS can never be as smart as the application which has more informations about semantics and algorithms. Everything else would need a crystal ball device :-) HTH, Markus -- Markus Schaber | Logical Tracking&Tracing International AG Dipl. Inf. | Software Development GIS Fight against software patents in Europe! www.ffii.org www.nosoftwarepatents.org
