Re: despair

On Sep 16, 8:39 am, AEF <spamsink2...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So why don't you ask why the ALLOCATE command
only gives a W when it fails?

In the second place, because Digital ^W Compaq ^W HP
isn't going to change it. In the third place, even
if they did, it wouldn't matter to most sites for a
long time, so you'd still have to check for W anyway.

And in the *first* place, because W is good enough,
either an ON WARNING beforehand or testing $STATUS after.

ok
dpm

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