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From: m.tiernan@pro-angmar.UUCP (Michael Tiernan)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: Orca/C and Orca Environment
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Date: 27 May 90 13:02:21 GMT
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In-Reply-To: message from chin@ankh.ftl.fl.us

Mr Chin, your frustration is shared by many but I also think your anger is a
smidge beyond what it should be (but I'm not in your shoes).  I too am a UNIX
lover and would dearly love to use it on my IIgs.  I purchased the Orca system
sometime ago because I was foolish enough to believe some people that I
trusted that it was just like UNIX.  I also believed it wouldn't be too
different in its use.  What a mistake that was.  If you look in the manuals,
Mike W points out that his experience that he draws on to have created the
Orca environment is an IB* main frame.  (Now there's a group that know how to
write easy to use software!)  However, other people have made an effort to
correct some (who could do all of them) the short comings of the Orca shell. 
There is a company that sells some utilities that run very well such as greps,
mores, and a whole bunch of UNIX standards.  I have the grep that Mike W wrote
and it works very good.  Me, I'm not an emacs type, I like VI still.  Anyone
know where to find a source for that?


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