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From: std-unix@ut-sally.UUCP (Moderator, John Quarterman)
Newsgroups: mod.std.unix
Subject: Re:  excludes vi in standard
Message-ID: <6861@ut-sally.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 14-Jan-87 20:59:57 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 14 20:59:57 1987
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Organization: IEEE P1003 Portable Operating System for Computer Environments Committee
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From: lazear@mitre-gateway.arpa (Walt Lazear)
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 87 21:59:04 EST

The Berkeley Mail program used to construct this message calls
"vi" from within.  Then again, ANY program ca be caled from within
another program, via the "exec*" system call, so what's the big
deal about "vi"???

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