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From: geoff@boulder.UUCP (Geoffrey M. Clemm)
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Subject: Re: Fix to Comet Halley program
Message-ID: <346@boulder.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 00:24:09 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 18 00:24:09 1985
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In article <tekig.2569> garey@tekig.UUCP (Garey Fouts) writes:

>>All of our systems have different attributes, and its difficult, if not
>>impossible, to produce a single version of a program that will run on
>>everyone's machine... 
>
>This is what I really love about Punix..... so many standards! Please,
>lord, give me VMS or some other adult system so we can share code.
>
>Garey Fouts

Forget VMS and other such unstable constructs ...  Give me notebook paper
and number two pencils -- guaranteed portable and about the most "adult"
system you can find anywhere (although I do get arguments from some of
my friends that advocate stone tablets as being much more reliable).

Geoffrey Clemm