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From: jcw@cvl.UUCP (Jay C. Weber)
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Subject: Re: new Byte on C
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Date: Mon, 8-Aug-83 10:43:56 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug  8 10:43:56 1983
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>If this is true, the supposedly good writers that are busy writing
>about C may not know very much about the subject.

Amen.  This also goes for UN*X. I was reading an article in PC-WORLD
a couple of months ago and laughing at the apparent lack-of experience
the author(s) had on UN*X systems.  The biggest blunder went
something like this: "a fork is when two copies of the same file are
created so that even though the new one is changed, the first one still
remains as a backup."  Also, the author(s) kept referring to the
utilities including compilers, text formatters, etc. as the "shell",
also calling them "special system routines".  The most amazing part
is that one of the authors recently published a book on UN*X.
Good Grief.
                       -Jay Weber {..!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!jcw}