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From: TVR%CCRMA-F4@SAIL.Stanford.EDU
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Once more, with feeling -- Please quote carefully
Message-ID: <4736@brl-adm.ARPA>
Date: Wed, 4-Mar-87 16:08:47 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  4 16:08:47 1987
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    From: Lyndon Nerenberg <lyndon@ncc.uucp>
    Subject: Algol 68 implementations (Was Please quote carefully)
    Date: 28 Feb 87 22:25:39 GMT
    To:       unix-wizards@brl-sem.arpa

    In article <4577@brl-adm.ARPA>, TVR%CCRMA-F4@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (Tovar) writes:
    > 
    > In article <4521@brl-adm.ARPA>, TVR%CCRMA-F4@SAIL.Stanford.EDU writes:
    > >     In Algol 68 there is a provision for infinite precision arithmetic
    > >     (theoretically anyway--I don't know if anyone ever implemented such
    > >     a compiler). 

    Algol 68 has been running at the University of Alberta under the
    Michigan Terminal System (MTS) for a number of years. I do not
    know if other MTS sites are running it.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.  I DIDN'T SAY THAT.  I DIDN'T SAY THAT. 

Is that enough times?  PLEASE carefully read the message you are quoting to
make sure you've got the right person before blindly using a reply macro!!!

					--- Tovar


[Copies of my original 60-line message entitled "Please quote carefully" were
broadcast by BRL-SEM on 20-Feb-87 16:23, and will be resent to anyone asking,
assuming a reasonable network address.  I did not want to burden the rest of
you with this.  I tried to have sent a copy to Mr.  Nerenberg, but he and/or
the intervening mail software did not provide an adequate return address to
reply directly.  If your mailer does the same thing, please fix it.]