[Info-vax] Unexpected error using ZIP for OpenVMS

AEF spamsink2001 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 26 22:42:15 EST 2011


On Dec 25, 11:29 pm, Paul Sture <p... at sture.ch> wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2011 06:15:33 +0000, glen herrmannsfeldt wrote:
> > Paul Sture <p... at sture.ch> wrote:
>
[...]
> An important differentiation here is whether your program can recover
> from an error itself or not.  I've seen reports that if MySQL runs out of
> disk space, your whole database is toast anyway.
>
> An (extreme) alternative is to test for every conceivable error in every
> program and devise a recovery strategy for every single error.  Good luck
> with that.

Well, I tried really hard to do that with my TO.COM program (a SET
DEFAULT program with lots of useful features). If anyone finds a bug,
please do tell!

[...]
> Paul Sture

AEF



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