Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hp-pcd!hplabs!otter.hpl.hp.com!hpopd!apm@hpopd.HP.COM From: apm@hpopd.HP.COM (Andrew Merritt) Newsgroups: comp.unix.internals Subject: Re: Software Obesity (was Re: Jargon file v2.1.5) Message-ID: <23530001@hpopd.HP.COM> Date: 4 Dec 90 18:09:22 GMT References: <1990Dec2.202402.21977@decuac.dec.com> Organization: Hewlett-Packard ING-PWD, UK. Lines: 17 / hpopd:comp.unix.internals / jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) / 2:06 am Dec 4, 1990 / In article <1990Dec2.202402.21977@decuac.dec.com> mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: >If cars were designed the same way as software is today, >they'd all have buggy-whip holders (from "Car V1.0") and starter cranks >(from "Car V2.1") and electric ignitions (from "Car V3.0") and so on. Ahem. My state-of-the-art 1969 VW Bug is slotted for a starter crank. (Dunno about Supers, and my Karman Ghia isn't crankable.) Now where I'll *find* a crank for it is another story... :-) -- Well, on my Citroen 2CV6, the wheel-nut wrench doubles as the starting handle. I have only used it once on my present car, but a few times on the one I had before that. Andrew