[WriteLog] MMTTY / WL Crash

K4SB k4sb at bellsouth.net
Tue Mar 1 11:05:23 EST 2005


Jim Reisert AD1C wrote:
> --- K4SB <k4sb at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> > http://www.rttycontesting.com/writelog/mmtty/plugin_page7.htm
> >
> > On the URL listed, there is a common misconception. Rebooting a
> > computer does NOT clear its memory.
> 
> Yes, that is true.  However, what is the point of needing to "clear memory"?
> Any well-written program will allocate memory to itself before it uses it.  It
> will not read from a location that it has not first written.  If it does, well,
> powering off the computer to "clear memory may forestall problems, but the
> software is buggy to begin with, and needs to be fixed.

FWIW, I was merely commenting on the URL. And I would rather use a
'buggy" Writelog than any other program. It's the best by far!!

73
Ed


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