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From: peter@rlgvax.UUCP (Peter Klosky)
Newsgroups: net.sources.bugs
Subject: Re: program to repetively display command on crt
Message-ID: <255@rlgvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 26-Nov-84 16:05:12 EST
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Posted: Mon Nov 26 16:05:12 1984
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> It seems stupid to write such minor utilities in C.
> Lets have no more silly C programs in net.sources.

Not all of us agree that a small shell script is superior to a small
C program.   Compare the cost of running "clear" n times with the cost
of writing thought-out C code to perform the same task.