Re: Assigning privs to a program?

From: Gunnar Ritter (Gunnar.Ritter_at_pluto.uni-freiburg.de)
Date: 05/06/05 

Date: 6 May 2005 09:17:49 -0700

Chuck Dillon wrote:

> I don't have a dog in this fight but I have to comment that examples
> like the above, and the other comparisons I see on Thomas' site, are
> weak IMHO. All of the examples on Thomas' webpage are about
> descriptions of simple concepts like the statement above. There are
> only so many ways you can state a straightforward concept in a
> straightforward way.

Like all similar claims this is easily refuted by the existence of
fully independent texts on the same topic.

> How would Stevens fare if you applied the same standard when
comparing
> his text to the reference materials and writings on the same simple
> concepts that predate his book?

Very well. The text on alloca() is a small but good example again.

        Gunnar

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