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From: marc@monet.Berkeley.EDU (Marc Teitelbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Just 8 bits out
Message-ID: <26667@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Date: 2 Nov 88 11:35:30 GMT
References: <10346@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <666@mtxinu.UUCP> <326@pvab.UUCP> <17@auspex.UUCP> <3985@encore.UUCP>
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Reply-To: marc@okeeffe.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Marc Teitelbaum)
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It's true that PASS8 and literal next (or "\") don't live a happy
co-existance.  To have both function requires a bit more work than was
probably affordable at the time.  The next release of BSD fixes
the problem.

Marc

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