@7, exactly. VAC and I don't get along that much. Maybe its because I haven't played with it that much (primarily because I don't like crashing my computer deliberately, or risking it so directly). Perhaps I'll play with it sometime again. But yes, VAC is probably a much better solution than coding your own. It would be a bit overkill, and you'd just be reinventing the wheel of what's already there, and while that works in educational environments, people won't use your software if its not better than what they're already using (i.e. your software is more efficient at something, has more features, etc.). Also... unless you have well over $2000.00 to waste, you won't be able to do it anyway. I say $2000.00 in particular because you obviously want money left-over so you can survive and buy other things.
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