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This insert for chapter 2 is being presented because I
permitted myself to indulge in a glib explanation of system
crashes on page 58, 1st paragraph of chapter 2. A gentleman
with much more experience than I, George Woodside, has
offered me a more astute observation of the reasons such
crashes occur. Color me chastened.
I now paraphrase Mr. Woodside's input, and I remind all
other readers that it is via this type of information
exchange by which we all eventually possess a reference book
that we can trust.
The Insert
Of course, such system crashes do not "just" happen.
Most often they occur because something in the execution
environment has been altered by an executed program. If a
program is being developed, it may have prematurely
terminated and left files or windows opened; system
variables may have been altered; or the integrity of other
programs, on which the program under development might
depend, might have been corrupted. That is why the best
defense at such times is a cold, as opposed to a warm,
startup. This paragraph has been prepared with information
kindly submitted by George R. Woodside.