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From: dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Software Distribution
Message-ID: <2597@sultra.UUCP>
Date: 25 Oct 88 03:19:48 GMT
Article-I.D.: sultra.2597
References: <1988Sep29.192410.246@utzoo.uucp> <997@esunix.UUCP> <222@shockeye.UUCP>
Organization: Tynan Computers, Sunnyvale, CA
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In article <222@shockeye.UUCP>, hermit@shockeye.UUCP (Mark Buda) writes:
> In article <1988Oct13.202604.22464@ateng.ateng.com> chip@ateng.ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg) writes:
> |
> |Just a confirmation and a testimonial here.  C News Alpha runs just fine
> |on a '286, thanks much to Messrs. Spencer and Collyer.
> 
> GNU CC, however, doesn't. I expected more from them... sniff...
> -- 
> Mark Buda / Smart UUCP: hermit@shockeye.uucp / Phone(work):(717)299-5189

Check out the GNU software philosphy.  RMS clearly states, that when writing
code for FSF, assume ints are 32 bits, and memory space >= 1MByte.  Your
expectations aside, they did what they said they'd do.
						- Der
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