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From: djs@actnyc.UUCP (Dave Seward)
Newsgroups: comp.arch,comp.lang.misc
Subject: Re: Universal OS (was Re: Survey of
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Date: 3 May 88 23:23:37 GMT
References: <2845@mmintl.UUCP> <1543@hubcap.UUCP> <768@l.cc.purdue.edu>
Reply-To: djs@actnyc.UUCP (Dave Seward)
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[line killer? what's that!]

In article <768@l.cc.purdue.edu> cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin) writes:
>We cannot do even a fair job if the job is done by those who have designed the
>present stuff.  We need people with imagination, who are aware _that we are
>essentially ignorant_, and who are willing and eager to ask for what is wanted.
>And they must realize that the resulting system will probably be inadequate,
>and therefore must be easily extensible.  This means that the user must be
>able to use notation which he considers easy to read, as long as that notation
>is not already coopted, and in some cases it might be necessary to change
>existing notation.  This is done in mathematics all the time, and does not
>lead to problems.

                                                                              
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As an (unimaginative) compiler developer I am probably not qualified to comment
on this new language, but it sounds to me like what Mr. Rubin wants largely
exists now in FORTH. Not my preference, tho...

Dave Seward
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