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From: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re: talk program
Message-ID: <1378@utah-gr.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 14-Mar-85 19:11:52 EST
Article-I.D.: utah-gr.1378
Posted: Thu Mar 14 19:11:52 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 17-Mar-85 01:38:32 EST
References: <8899@brl-tgr.ARPA> <5177@utzoo.UUCP> <264@unm-la.UUCP>
Reply-To: thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas)
Organization: Univ of Utah CS Dept
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Summary: 

In article <264@unm-la.UUCP> jay@unm-la.UUCP writes:
**From Laura Creighton:
>> Arrgh! Try to wruite something a lttle less obnoxious than talk!
>> At a bear minimum, it should allow shell escapes...
>
>Aaarrrgghh!!  Do away with shell escapes!  Ban Un*s without job
>control!!
>			-- Jay Plett

I had a version of talk with a shell escape once upon a time (pre 4.2,
never ported the (grotty) code I added to the new talk).  The
difference, and the reason it HAD to be in talk, was that the output
from the program being run was added to the conversation.  Really nice
for demonstrating some bug to someone.  Sure would be nice if someone
would hack it back in.

-- 
=Spencer
	({ihnp4,decvax}!utah-cs!thomas, thomas@utah-cs.ARPA)
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