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From: lwall@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Larry Wall)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: symbiosis, exclusion, parasitism ...
Message-ID: <946@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Mar-84 15:00:19 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 27 15:00:19 1984
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In article <681@sun.uucp> kevin@sun.uucp (Kevin Sheehan) writes:
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> [Much guruish verbiage]
>
>	If it doesn't matter in 1000 years, why bother now??
>	If it does matter in 1000 years, why waste time??

Okay, Mr. Prophet, tell us all exactly what *will* matter in 1000 years.  We
can't even seem to agree on whether *people* last that long.

"The Damned are People too!"

Larry "May my reference count be nonzero at that Last Great GC" Wall
{allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdcsvax}!sdcrdcf!lwall

P.S.  It's obvious that God keeps pointers to us.  Why else would Isaiah
have said "Lord, here am I"?  (On the other hand, it does say something about
Him calling us by name... (I thunk, therefore I am?))

"This machine doesn't exist.  Boy am I confused."  -- 4.2 talk(1)