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From: jon@oddhack.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Cornell V1.2 Bug Report (1/5)
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Date: Tue, 26-May-87 06:02:24 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 26 06:02:24 1987
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In article <3237@diku.UUCP> seindal@diku.UUCP (Rene Seindal) writes:
>This is actually one of the nastiest bugs in CC under Berkeley UNIX, since
>one can't bring up the system before it is fixed.  I think Bjarne should be
>aware of such sysV dependencies for the next release.  As far as I could
>see, the distribution (of 1.2) could not run on anything but sysV.  This is
>not acceptable for a commercially distributed system.

	I don't know about 1.2, but my 1.1 manual says prominently on the
front cover:

	UNIX System V
	AT&T C++ Translator
	Release Notes

and also comments that it is intended for System V in the Introduction.
This is hardly surprising given AT&T's position with respect to Sys V!
If you want support for BSD, buy it from one of the outfits that repackages 
it. Otherwise, you takes what you can get. Having some experience with
keeping a program portable across many types of unix and other operating
systems (a complex screen editor in my case), I have a great deal of 
sympathy for Bjarne. Give him a break.

    -- Jon Leech (jon@csvax.caltech.edu || ...seismo!cit-vax!jon)
    Caltech Computer Science Graphics Group
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