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From: dan@srs.UUCP (Dan Kegel)
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Subject: Re: Of Backbonisms and Misreading RFCs.
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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In article <319@brandx.rutgers.edu> webber@brandx.rutgers.edu (Webber) writes:
> I have proposed (elsewhere) to make the binary groups
> pointless by creating a public domain C compiler.

Public-domain C compilers exist, but binary groups live on.
One reason people like binary groups is that some authors aren't
willing to release their sources.
- Dan Kegel