On 01 Apr 1996 19:22:01 -0500 
 "Charles M. Hannum" <mycroft@mit.edu> wrote:

 > There's no reason to add a `shutdown hook' for something that can just
 > as well be put in the device close routine.

However, a shutdown hook catches the "gee, we paniced" case, whereas 
adding the functionality to the close routine doesn't.  Ok, sure, this is 
a corner case, but...

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