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From: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Wish for 1.4 (re fork*)
Keywords: announcing, first list in Nov
Message-ID: <8154@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 12 Oct 89 02:21:43 GMT
References: <13920002@hpfelg.HP.COM> <4340@sugar.hackercorp.com>
Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.UUCP (Randell Jesup)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <4340@sugar.hackercorp.com> peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Unfortunately there isn't. My dearest wish for 1.4, since they're trashing
>all the BCPL excrement, is a System() that allows you to specify:
>
	[many good ideas]

>The ability to run BCPL commands is only needed if there are BCPL commands
>shipped with 1.4.

	No, we MUST support 1.3/1.2 WB disks under 1.4.  Many commercial
programs are shipped with such things on them.  We may not support them
forever, though.

-- 
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
{uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com  BIX: rjesup  
Common phrase heard at Amiga Devcon '89: "It's in there!"