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From: new@ee.udel.edu (Darren New)
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Subject: Re: Append vs. Insert
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Date: 9 Apr 91 17:54:08 GMT
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In article <2SLABY7@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>If you're interested in the design decisions in "ed", I would recommend
>"Software Tools" by Kernighan and Plauger. In fact I'd recommend it in
>any case. Excellent book. Just don't get the wimpy Pascal version: it's
>just a line-for-line translation of the ratfor code.

I second that recommendation.  Actually, I would recommend getting *both* books,
since they are not very expensive and they do implement different tools.
	     -- Darren
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