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To: HerbVic who wrote (22214)	1/12/1999 11:32:00 AM
From: Alomex	Respond to of 213173

And sane, deliberate, road hugging code only needs it for protection from the hot doggers as well. There is no such a thing as "sane road hugging code". A real life project has hundreds of thousands of lines of code, and somewhere out there is a bug that munches memory. Quality shop codes test their software extensively so that those bugs appear quite infrequently, but the bugs are still there. Having a guard rail ensures that whenever that hidden bug appears, you don't lock up the entire system. But let's get real Alomex. It's not a flaw. It's a desirable missing feature. I guess it's a matter of perspective. IMO, an OS which in 1999 does not have memory protection is flawed, period. Back in 1985 it was a desirable missing feature, one I could tolerate not having. But things have changed since the introduction of the Model T, and today it is illegal to sell a car without safety belts.