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From: pokey@well.UUCP (Jef Poskanzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: NeXT Browser appears to use "Miller columns" from Xanadu
Message-ID: <7884@well.UUCP>
Date: 10 Dec 88 08:12:57 GMT
References: <6036@hoptoad.uucp>
Reply-To: Jef Poskanzer <jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov>
Organization: Paratheo-Anametamystikhood Of Eris Esoteric, Ada Lovelace Cabal
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In the referenced message, gnu@hoptoad.uucp (John Gilmore) wrote:
>  "There can be no doubt that just as HyperCard is for the Macintosh,
>   Application Builder will be a great source of bad programs for the
>   NeXT computer."    				-- David Morganstern

Yes, that's just a result of Flon's Law (see .signature).

And while we're pointing out things that NeXT copied from, has anyone else
noted the similarity of Application Builder to Paul Haeberli's "data-flow
programming environment"?  See the 1986 Summer Usenix proceedings, page 419.
---
Jef

             Jef Poskanzer   jef@rtsg.ee.lbl.gov   ...well!pokey
Flon's Law: There is not now, and never will be, a language in which it is the
                  least bit difficult to write bad programs.