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Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 12:07:31PM +1000, Manfred Bartz wrote:
> > Resetable counters guarantee that no two programs can co-exists if
> > they happen to reset the same counters.
> 
> That sounds like crap (sorry). 

Care to explain how two independent apps can co-exists if they happen
to reset the same counters?

> so why are your applications resetting counters then? 

Ask the authors, not me.  I wiped those apps from my system.
Its just a pity about the time wasted.

> Nobody forces you to reset them right now.

Why do authors then write apps (f.e. ipac) which reset counters?  
Perhaps only because they can, not because it makes sense.

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Manfred Bartz
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