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From: des@berlioz (Desmond Young)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: The future of MINIX
Summary: Put the XREF on disk
Message-ID: <409@blenheim.nsc.com>
Date: 11 Jul 89 23:41:11 GMT
References: <2835@ast.cs.vu.nl> <1989Jul8.171336.27399@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Organization: National Semiconductor, Santa Clara
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In article <1989Jul8.171336.27399@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>, jk0@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Jason Coughlin) writes:
> From article <2835@ast.cs.vu.nl>, by ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum):
> > ,and perhaps
> > eliminating the cross reference listing.
> 
> ... the cross reference listing is VERY handy.  I
> used it ALL of the time ...

Put the XREF on disk, the buyer can print it out. I used it a lot too,
but it was a nuisance turning to the back of the book constantly. Putting
it on disk saves book pages, and gives a physically separate reference.
Des.
 

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