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From: jkenton@pinocchio.encore.com (Jeff Kenton)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: It looks like he's at it again!
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Date: 11 Jul 90 01:09:06 GMT
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From article <2336@l.cc.purdue.edu>, by cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin):
>	. . .
> to stop complaining.  With the present situation in which funding is almost
> entirely from the federal govennment, getting the necessary $30,000 or so
> to produce the versatile macro translator is next to impossible.  It is
> almost impossible to get graduate students to assist on faculty statistics
> research projects.

Sometimes you give the impression of wanting a processor designed to your
specifications exactly.  However, if all you need is a macro package, life
shouldn't be that tough.  If none of the standard tools is adequate, you
ought to be able to have one written to your specs in about a week no matter
what your requirements are, either as a separate preprocessor or as part of
an existing assembler.

A competent grad student won't cost anywhere near $30,000.  Neither would a
consultant charging "the usual exorbitant fee".  If you really want, it's
out there somewhere, just waiting for you to find it.


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