Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!portal!atari!kbad
From: kbad@atari.UUCP (Ken Badertscher)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Room for change
Message-ID: <1123@atari.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 88 17:53:42 GMT
References: <8143@cup.portal.com>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale, CA
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in article <8143@cup.portal.com>, Jinfu@cup.portal.com says:
>
> I have an idea, why not provide both 'fixed' Malloc and the
> old Malloc ... provided the new TOS ROM has enough space to put
> both versions of Malloc in.
> 
> Jinfu Chen
 
  Jinfu has hit the nail squarely on the head.  There isn't enough
room for both versions of Malloc in the ROMs unfortunately.  Believe me,
folks, these ROMs are packed full o' goodies.  The french ROM, for example,
has less than 100 bytes free! (sizes vary because of differing desktop and
AES resources)
 
  I also wanted to mention that I have really enjoyed the discussions on
the net of late regarding why or why not to break old software.  A special
thanks for letting me read the newsgroup without having to put in eye drops
to soothe eyes burning from the flames!
  I personally am more of a TOS "purist" -- I want to see things
fixed.  Momma taught me: "If it ain't worth doing right, it ain't worth
doing at all."  Unfortunately, with a consumer product like the ST, things
aren't so black and white.  Compatibility is a *major* concern for most
end users, so it must be a concern for us.  There's no easy answer.
  But the views of all of you in net-land really do help.
-- 
 Ken Badertscher                 | Hey, umm, the stuff I said up there
 Atari R&D Software Test/Support | is, like, what _I_ think, okay?
 {portal,ames,imagen}!atari!kbad | So, y'know, don't bug Atari about it.