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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: The Joys of C news
Message-ID: <6PH5:K8@ggpc2.ferranti.com>
Date: 27 Aug 90 12:57:25 GMT
References: <1990Aug21.161506.21784@zoo.toronto.edu> <3ND5KOC@xds13.ferranti.com> <1990Aug24.204636.8619@zoo.toronto.edu> <1990Aug26.074604.10583@amd.com> <UYG5QR4@ggpc2.ferranti.com> <1990Aug26.203259.1954@hayes.fai.alaska.edu>
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In article <1990Aug26.203259.1954@hayes.fai.alaska.edu> wisner@hayes.fai.alaska.edu (Bill Wisner) writes:
> Oh, you all remember B news, don't you? B news, with its
> localize.sh file and annoying little ed script that was such a pain to
> get right?

Yes, but you only had to do it once. And it was sure a lot easier to debug
when you didn't have to sit through an interactive question-an-answer session
every time you wanted to try a different configuration.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
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