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From: mwm@pa.dec.com (Mike (My Watch Has Windows) Meyer)
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Subject: Re: ap, Windows BASIC
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Date: 27 Jun 91 15:59:50 GMT
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In-Reply-To: truman@yosemite.berkeley.edu's message of 26 Jun 91 15:50:58 GMT

In article <14296@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> truman@yosemite.berkeley.edu (Tom Truman) writes:

   If X is *worthless* and is a poor example of a window system, please,
   let the rest of us in on a *good* one!!

Check out Rob Pike's talk on 8 & 1/2 in the Summer '91 USENIX
Proceedings. While it clearly has some problems, they appear to be
minor. More importantly, the system is small enough that rewriting it
from scratch isn't something one would consider only as a last resort.

	<mike
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Teddies good friend has his two o'clock feast		Mike Meyer
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They mistook Teddies good trust				decwrl!mwm
Just for proof that Teddy was dumb.