Re^2: Most useless function.

Of course I mean user defined.

And JAPH's are not useless, well not in the same way as a ispoweron() is useless.

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Re^3: Most useless function. by Anonymous Monk on Feb 16, 2006 at 17:42 UTC
The point of a ispoweron() function is to detect whether the main power source is on, or whether you're running under backup power (UPS, generator, etc). Once you detect that you're running under UPS power, you can then do a controlled shutdown of the system before power runs out. It's much less useless than a JAPH, which is a complicated way of writing something that could be written in a straightforward way.	[reply]

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Once you detect that you're running under UPS power, you can then do a controlled shutdown of the system before power runs out.

It's much less useless than a JAPH, which is a complicated way of writing something that could be written in a straightforward way.