EPROM Question

Chuck Guzis wrote: Hence the reason that the 'bigger' programmers use cartridges or other ways of holding data on each manufacturer's part - which is OK until you find something that the cartridges you have don't cover :-) I suppose there's a related question here - if an EPROM is programmed with the wrong algorithm, but programming still works (and the data then held in the EPROM is shown to be valid), is there a danger that the EPROM might go 'forgetful' sooner than if the correct algorithm was used? Or is one algorithm as good as another in terms of longevity, and once a bit is unset / set as necessary it'll stay that way regardless - and the only thing affected by the algorithm is whether programming works at all? I'd rather not have a part go corrupt in a short space of time because the wrong algorithm was used, but I don't *think* it works that way thankfully...