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From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Compress
Message-ID: <2916@ast.cs.vu.nl>
Date: 20 Jul 89 09:37:48 GMT
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Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum)
Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
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In article <4660@crash.cts.com> jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau) writes:
>Your insight along with anyone else's will be appreciated as always...

I regard the 286 as a transient.  It and its weird little segments will
eventually pass from view.  I don't want to do any work on the compiler
or system to cater to it.  Too much trouble.  

Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)