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From: hclausen@adspdk.UUCP (Henrik Clausen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: What's Wrong with ARP!!!!
Message-ID: <18366c2e.ARN04050@adspdk.UUCP>
Date: 15 Nov 90 13:50:22 GMT
References: <114.273F7E66@myamiga.UUCP> <1990Nov14.034507.19784@hoss.unl.edu>
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In article <1990Nov14.034507.19784@hoss.unl.edu>, Phil Dietz writes:

> Hmmmph....with the discussion of wild cards, people have been coming
> out of the cracks and harassing ARP. 

> Explain.....and I shall let you live......  :)

   The first releases of ARP where nice, but whith the coming of the ARP
shell, many things broke:

   The Shell was not compatible enough, breaking several installation
scripts, including Lattice C.

   Many programs would simply fail with ARP installed, for instance remote
shells on DNet. A fanatic DNet user, this was some problem.

   Lots of Harddisks have been sold since the first ARP came out - reducing
the acuteness of command size.

   And, finally, lots of the ARP stuff made it into the new Kickstart! 8-)
This includes much smaller Shell commands - many are actually shorter than
the ARP equivalents!! You can have '*' for wildcard as well now.


                              -Henrik

Do I survive??

   
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