25 Dec
2001
25 Dec
'01
1:09 p.m.
-- On 24 Dec 2001, at 9:35, Tim May wrote:
This is a terribly important point. Implementing this "atomic transaction" would be a major step. Having a Web site that does this EVEN WITH PLAY TOKENS would be a useful step. (Many dislike toy applications, but a site which did this would be a way to play with the software, test the reliability, and get ideas for further developments. The "Play Tokens" would be of literally no value, ostensibly.)
No complex system was ever written from scratch. It always started out as a simple system that was patched incrementally. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG nMdb/hR+lZwAvCc+I4FPTCbY+lLO/f78ruGxweC0 43Hy9cqHx0yoOaMjAiUlm6G3vDdy2fq+uHpWHor4C