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Eyrie Productions, Unlimited
Zemyla
Member since Mar-26-08
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Apr-19-14, 08:04 PM (EDT) |
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3. "RE: good news/bad news/weird news"
In response to message #2
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LAST EDITED ON Apr-19-14 AT 08:04 PM (EDT) >>> it's not as if >>>software spoils like fruit, >> >>It can. Bitrot is a thing that happens from time to time; it might be >>advisable to check the checksums on the binaries for the runtimes. >>Reviewing the databases is probably a good idea as well. > >DCF doesn't have binaries, it's just a pile of scripts. >(Similarly, the databases it maintains - which does seem to be the >problem here - are just flat files parsed thereby.) That explains when sometimes, when I try to Google something in the Forum, I get a big pile of delimited text. Also, it could be that something in the forum has gone outside its checked limits. (Considering this forum's software was last updated in 2002, I wouldn't be surprised. You need someone who can grind through old, possibly undocumented code and find errors.) EDIT: Or, since it has the good fortune to be simply flat files, you could have someone write new software for accessing and retrieving them. |
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