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Subject: Re: Naughty, naughty!
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Date: Thu, 26-Mar-87 14:28:52 EST
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? %... or '186 or 8086.  It wouldn't be such a crime to refuse to support
? %silly little toy architectures, except for the fact that there are
?        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
? 	and PDP-11??

There is nothing wrong with the PDP-11 except it's size. It's
addressing is uniform and pointers mix well with integers.

Veterans of net.lang.c will recall my view on the desirability of
having pointers be the same size as integers. I do not wish to
reopen that can of worms here.

? bill davidsen			sixhub \
?       ihnp4!seismo!rochester!steinmetz ->  crdos1!davidsen
? 				chinet /
? ARPA: davidsen%crdos1.uucp@ge-crd.ARPA (or davidsen@ge-crd.ARPA)

	(Root Boy) Jim "Just Say Yes" Cottrell	<rbj@icst-cmr.arpa>
Now, I think it would be GOOD to buy FIVE or SIX STUDEBAKERS
and CRUISE for ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING!!