On 2/2/04 10:53 AM, "henryn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ other stuff snipped ] > Comments about this experience: > > 1) Giving a numerical error message is very 1980's. Does anyone recall why > computers commonly gave numerical error messages way back then?
[ other stuff snipped ] > > > Thanks, > > Henry > In early days, when software components discovered problems, they put an error code in a hardware register, because that was the surest method of signaling; only one hardware instruction had to be executed, and the code could often be recovered even from a crashed machine. Displaying numeric error codes to end users has always been simple corner-cutting by developers and their managers. -- Joshua -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
