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From: gillies@m.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Why FP at all? (was: Re: Killer
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Date: 10 Sep 90 01:17:00 GMT
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1. Does the tail wag the dog?

2. Who needs floating point when *everyone* knows that operating systems
code is the most important / most prevalent type of software.

Does anyone see the similarity in the two statements above?  How about
these [circa 1970]:

1.  Does the tail wag the dog?

2.  Who needs BitBlt support when *everyone* knows that user
interfaces are dominated by 24*80 displays and job control languages.