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29 Jul 02 - 05:20 AM (#756249) Subject: TECH: Abort, Retry, Fail From: GUEST,Ed OK, anyone who uses a DOS based system will be familiar with this message. Just out of curiosity, what is the difference between 'Abort' and 'Fail?' Ed |
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29 Jul 02 - 05:25 AM (#756251) Subject: RE: TECH: Abort, Retry, Fail From: Nigel Parsons Probably the same as in the English language. Abort: stop the attempt by deliberate action, possibly interrupting an ongoing programme Fail: accept that the attempt you have made has failed, but allow the programme to continue any sub-routines it is running. Choosing either will probably have the same effect in most cases, but occasionally there may be differing responses. Nigel |
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29 Jul 02 - 05:35 AM (#756253) Subject: RE: TECH: Abort, Retry, Fail From: GUEST Abort: Cancel the current operation Retry: Try again Fail: Get out of this drive {Current drive is no longer valid) |
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29 Jul 02 - 08:26 AM (#756320) Subject: RE: TECH: Abort, Retry, Fail From: GUEST,Russ Abort: stop the show Fail: stop trying to execute the current instruction/command and move on to the next one |
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29 Jul 02 - 03:52 PM (#756543) Subject: RE: TECH: Abort, Retry, Fail From: Wincing Devil Abort: Stop the entire operation Fail: Send a failure status code back to the program and let the software handle the failure itself. It lets the software attempt to recover "gracefully" Having written countless failure recovery routines myself, you should always give it an F before giving it an A
My favorite error message: Keyboard not found, press F2 to continue |
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29 Jul 02 - 03:53 PM (#756544) Subject: RE: TECH: Abort, Retry, Fail From: MMario ARF errors are interesting - sometimes they actually don't effect the ruslts of what you are doing at all. |
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30 Jul 02 - 03:55 PM (#757094) Subject: RE: TECH: Abort, Retry, Fail From: Dave the Gnome The best I saw - can't remember the OS - was, Exit? Do you mean Quit? (Y/N) I never found any sense in going to that trouble. Why not just Exit? (or Quit? (Y/N) ) ...:-) Cheers DtG |
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31 Jul 02 - 01:31 PM (#757615) Subject: RE: TECH: Abort, Retry, Fail From: GUEST,Saul When you get this message, it means that it is time to power off your 'puter in whatever manner you can, and pick up some musical instrument that does not require elekatricity. A/R/F, indeed! |
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31 Jul 02 - 01:59 PM (#757620) Subject: RE: TECH: Abort, Retry, Fail From: Mrrzy I remember in college somebody used to meditate with the mantra Lather, Rinse, Repeat... maybe this is just the update? |