From: "burton666@xxxxxxxxx" <burton666@xxxxxxxxx> > IIRC, in the early stages of the app_server and the prototypes, the app > signature was the main way to determine whether or not the application > was still running. Every three seconds or so, the app_server does a > quick check to make sure that all applications it has in its list are > still valid, and it would check via thread name. It wasn't quite good > enough, so it checks for the app's port. It's been kept around for > server debugging purposes, though. It probably should be kept around > because it makes debugger server-side applcation stuff *much* easier. Oki, I won't touch it :) - here is a better reason: we have to give a name to BApplication's app_server thread counterpart!