Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!dalcs!aucs!811318w
From: 811318w@aucs.UUCP (Rob Wolfe)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: CURSES package for Atari ST (mild flame at stupid use of terms)
Message-ID: <1064@aucs.UUCP>
Date: 27 Apr 88 13:41:29 GMT
References: <711@leah.Albany.Edu>
Reply-To: 811318w@aucs.UUCP (Rob Wolfe)
Organization: School of Computer Science, Acadia Univ., Nova Scotia
Lines: 25
Keywords: CURSES, Atari ST,arghhhhhhhhh

In article <711@leah.Albany.Edu> jac423@leah.Albany.Edu (Julius A Cisek) writes:
>I have used the CURSES package extensively on the VAX, and the UNIX. Is
[stuff deleted]
>In case you don't understand, CURSES is a window management library for
>the UNIX (which has been translated to the VAX as well).
>							J.A.Cisek
>							jac423@leah.albany.edu

arghhhhhhh
why why why do people insist on calling THAT operating system THE UNIX
there is no such thing as THE UNIX as there are as many flavors as 
BASKIN-ROBBINS.

Especially given the condescending tone of the article, 
ie " if you don't understand"
if they dont understand they probably won't be of much help will they?

if this seems like a little thing tough......

a piece of software rarely runs on a machine it runs on a machine/operating
system pair. that is why you see references to VAX/VMS  or VAX/SYSV or
VAX/BSD.

btw
there is no such single entity as THE VAX either .