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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: OOD applied to interpreters and compilers
Message-ID: <6595@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 19 Oct 89 17:09:22 GMT
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Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
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Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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> <> typing it in hex...

> <we used to enter the operating system into core using the toggle switches...

> And just be glad you had core instead of mercury delay lines!

Wimps. Hiding behind electromechanical hardware. What about babbage engines?
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