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Re: jobq - user job queues
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Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom Brandt <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 8 Dec 2000 14:10:22 -0500
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At 10:57 AM 12/8/2000 -0800, Stan Sieler wrote:

>No...there's only one thing to do: prevent users from creating new
>variables with the prefix "HP".  Like flossing, it's something that
>some people might not like, but that they'll benefit from!

I agree.  It would also prevent users from creating an HPxxx variable which
has the same name as one HP might create in a later release of MPE, which
could seriously screw up scripts.  It would also make very easy to tell who
created the variable.

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