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Subject: Re: For comment: problems with toolkit arg processing/philosophy
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Date: Tue, 24-Nov-87 18:11:11 EST
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	... this should be done by having a different
	version of the toolkit routine (or appropriate #ifdef's in a single
	implementation), NOT by pushing the burden of writing the argument
	processing onto the application programmer ...

	Barry Margolin
	Thinking Machines Corp.

We are in complete agreement. This is *exactly* the intent of the
toolkit argument parsing module.

	Thank you,
	-- Charles