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From: grogers@uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Best X quote yet!
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Date: 12 May 88 20:46:00 GMT
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Nf-From: uiucdcsm.cs.uiuc.edu!grogers    May 12 15:46:00 1988


I just sat through a very interesting talk by Andries van Dam titled
"Graphics Supercomputer Workstations, Phigs+ and Beyond."  Anyway, he had
one really good line that I thought all X'ers should hear.

	"X is a temporary standard, like FORTRAN."
		Andries van Dam
		5-12-88