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 Lines: 28 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.