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From: tucker@ccvaxa.UUCP
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Subject: Re: What if IBM Had chosen the 68000? N
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Date: Thu, 21-Nov-85 09:56:00 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov 21 09:56:00 1985
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Nf-From: ccvaxa.UUCP!tucker    Nov 21 08:56:00 1985



You just can't compare the sizes of all the programs in /bin and
/usr/bin on Sun-2 UNIX on a 68k and SYS V on a 286 like that!
They are completely different versions of UNIX.  One is 4.2 Berkeley
like with SUN networking filesystem modifications and the other
is AT&T System five.  Your argument that this shows that the
286 has more compact code than the 68000 is illogical.

Tim Tucker
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