RE: error messages
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg12903] RE: [mg12866] error messages
- From: "Jean-Marie THOMAS" <jmthomas at cybercable.tm.fr>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998 03:44:26 -0400
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
The kernel/Abort menu command only works with the kernel. In my opinion, the FrontEnd misses a kind of similar stop button, in case for instance you read a long file and forget to disable the output, as in <<whatever instead of <<whatever; When Mathematica does not respond, in my experience the fact is due to FrontEnd commands that take a long time or grab too much ressources. **************************************** Jean-Marie THOMAS Conseil et Audit en Ingénierie de Calcul Strasbourg, France **************************************** -----Original Message----- From: Dustin [mailto:dsoodak at virtu.sar.usf.edu] To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net Subject: [mg12903] [mg12866] error messages (Mathematica 3.00, win95) Since error messages in Mathematica are recursive, it isn't too uncommon to get infinite recursion. What this means is that the error message has infinite length. If not stopped quickly, it will continue printing itself faster and faster until it takes up nearly all of my computer's processing power. I can normally stop it in under a minute with rapid pressing of the "abort evaluation" key. Today, however, I came across one which would not respond to the usual treatment so I pressed "control-alt-delete" to shut down Mathematica. Mathematica refused to respond so I had to shut down the computer and restart it. Anyone know a way to prevent this? Dustin dsoodak at virtu.sar.usf.edu