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Subject: Re: Where is DECUS Lex?
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Date: Sun, 10-May-87 11:45:00 EDT
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Martin Minow writes:

>This is distributed with Decus C (11-SP-18).  Charles has copyrighted
>the program, and Decus has a release from him stating that it is
>his property.  Bert's comment "I also have heard rumblings that it may
>be AT&T derived. Is there any truth to this?" is the first I have heard
>of this (and I have had a copy of Charles's Lex for about 7 years now).
>If Bert, or any one else, has information that it may be Unix derived,
>I would appreciate knowing of this so as to avoid infringing on AT&T's
>rights.

I have examined Decus Lex along side UNIX Lex and have not found any
significant homology in the code. It is appears to be an independent effort.

  Steve Blasingame (Oklahoma City)
  ihnp4!gorgo!bsteve

(This does not represent an opinion of AT&T, but my personal observation)