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From: geoff@desint.UUCP (Geoff Kuenning)
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Subject: Re: Using identifiers with more than 7 chars. #$%@
Message-ID: <174@desint.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 19:17:36 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 19:17:36 1986
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References: <171@desint.UUCP> <413@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU>
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In article <413@ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU> mwm@ucbopal.UUCP (Mike Meyer) writes:

> One thing is certain - complaining because people post software that you're
> obsolete compiler doesn't accept will *NOT* get you a better compiler.

How about that.  Of course, nobody ever complained about the existence
of the posting.  The complaint was that software was being advertised as
'portable', despite the fact that it had long identifiers.  In fact,
this was not the only problem;  the software that prompted the original
posting also dereferenced NULL pointers with great abandon and was a
royal *pain* to port;  I only finished it because I wanted it very badly.

People post 4BSD-specific stuff all the time;  I don't have a problem
with that.  I *do* ask that they mark system dependencies as such so
that those of use who have older systems won't waste valuable time and
disk space trying to port something that won't come across.  That's all
the original posting on this subject asked, too.

> For stock, buy Commodore-Amiga. They have a great machine, respectable
> software, a reasonable dealer network, and competent tech support people.
> None of which insures that they will survive. :-)

Indeed.  For starters, you have completely overlooked their financial
condition, not to mention the qualifications of their critical
management and engineering people.  Back to the Ouija board. :-)
-- 

	Geoff Kuenning
	{hplabs,ihnp4}!trwrb!desint!geoff