Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: How do I get random #s?
Message-ID: <1989Feb13.190603.24339@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <19415@dhw68k.cts.com> <225800121@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> <514@larry.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 89 19:06:03 GMT

In article <514@larry.UUCP> jwp@larry.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) writes:
>Why is this true?  No one tells me that if I want a *really* good C
>compiler, I have a lot of work to do, or if I want a *really* good
>operating system, I have a lot of work to do.

That's because it's normally considered to be taken for granted.  No,
I am not kidding -- *really* good C compilers are very rare, and I'm
not sure that there has ever been a *reall* good operating system.
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