Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!hp4nl!botter!star.cs.vu.nl!ast@cs.vu.nl From: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: first test, then post Message-ID: <1889@ast.cs.vu.nl> Date: 12 Jan 89 11:20:19 GMT Sender: ast@cs.vu.nl Reply-To: ast@cs.vu.nl (Andy Tanenbaum) Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam Lines: 7 I tried compiling id.c posted by John Marco. It didn't compile. While I eventually figured out how to fix it, it is hard to imagine that a program that didn't even compile had been heavily tested. I think there is much to be said for testing software before posting it. Andy Tanenbaum (ast@cs.vu.nl)