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>From article <2832@crash.cts.com>, by jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau):
> chip@tct.uucp (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
>>[[ Followups to comp.arch ]]
>>
>>According to jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau):
>>>peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>>>>Did you know that C-news runs in small model?
>>>
>>>So what if C-News runs in small model.
>>>A vast majority of C compilers won't.
>>
>>Competent C compilers can be written in small model.  I once worked on
>>a C compiler that ran on a PDP-11, which as everyone knows, is limited
>>to 64K of data under most (all?) Unix implementations.
> 
> Which brings forth the argument in favor of progress.  How many people
> actually use PDP-11's anymore?  I've seen a few go in and out at garage sales.
>  
>      // JCA

I do, very fanatically.  I own 3 11/34's, two 11/40's and a Micro11/23+.
I run BSD2.9 (==V7) on the '34s, and I am writing a port of MINIX for
the Micro.  I once started out on an 11/10 at school, which I still
"love".  I have it in my room...

	Fred van Kempen
	MINIX User Group Holland