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From: tanner@cdis-1.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Getchar w/wout echo
Message-ID: <7070@cdis-1.uucp>
Date: 5 Sep 88 16:13:51 GMT
References: <371@marob.MASA.COM> <225800061@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> <733@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Organization: CompuData Inc., DeLand
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In article <733@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>, mercer@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Dan Mercer) writes:
> Portability doesn't mean I can write a program for my PC and
> recompile it for my NCR Tower and expect it to run the same.

I would beg to differ.  What portability means to us (who supply
software for more than one machine) is exactly that: I can take a
program written for a PC, re-compile it for the NCR Tower, and
expect it to run the same.

We actually go the other direction: write on big computer, build
version for PC after it works on big computer.  We then sell both
versions.  Other than the installation and back-up instructions,
we ship the same manual, too.
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