> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roy Brown [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 1999 2:16 PM
> To:   [log in to unmask]
> Subject:      Re: Writable text section on HP
>
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> In article <[log in to unmask]>,
> Tell me I'm wrong, but I reckon that if a second instantiation of a
> program is needed under MPE, MPE is clever enough to say 'hey, I've
> already got that code running, and it's re-entrant, so all I need is a
> data stack for the new instantiation, and I can share the code'.
>
> So if the second use needs the function calls intact, but the first use
> has already NOP'ed them, your ass is grass.
>
> D'you think that's what Cooter means?
> --
> Roy Brown
> Kelmscott Ltd
> Kelmscott      'A convenient and seemly shelter from the weather -
>                 a place to keep books and pretty things in'.
>
Roy,

I took a bit of deciphering (?) to get through the tech terms.  The
instantiation and re-entrant parts were not to bad, it was the ending
conclusion I had to work on.  However, after much research, soul
searching, and a couple shots of mescal I have concluded that you
have hit the old nail right upon the head.  It runs along the same lines
as the thread the other day in which some poor user called the help
desk only to find he was thrice FOOBARD.

As for Cooter....no one knows what he means.  I do know that he
means to fix the toilet today.  I don't want to think about it.

Jim - lordy 100 degrees F, no rain...can't wait 'til "summer" - Trudeau