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From: johnm@trsvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Question + Threat = Answer
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Date: 4 Mar 88 14:03:00 GMT
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Nf-From: trsvax.UUCP!johnm    Mar  4 08:03:00 1988


>>If this question goes unanswered for a second time then I'll restart the
>>PDP-11 discussion!
>
>Get a life!  I hope someone will answer your question, but your manner
>of putting it is childish.

It seems apparent that the smiley was invented for people too simple to
understand when one is implied.  Obviously, I am not going to (nor could I) 
restart the PDP discussion, it was merely a way to draw attention to the fact 
that it was a question that needed answering.

Fortunately two people did so (Andy Tanenbaum says he answered it the first
time but we never saw it at this site.  Sorry Andy...)

>>If not then there doesn't seem to be much point in my buying Minix.
>
>Aw ... gee ... ain't that *awful*?

Apparently the rest of my question went right by you.  The remainder of it
was a concern that if the two versions of Minix differed on this point (the
size of the executables that they could create) that there could be a drastic
split in the programs available for the two systems.  The ST version of Minix
with its large executables can support a lot of programs that are a real
porting nightmare otherwise.  If this is the kind of response we can expect
then I would hope that the ST owners don't lose any sleep over not having 
their programs run on the IBM Minix.