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From: samlb@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Sam Bassett RCD)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.modula2
Subject: Re: comp.lang.modula2
Keywords: Wirth New edition
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Date: 11 Mar 89 09:24:20 GMT
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	Yes, it is _very_ likely that the M2 Standardization Committee (if
they can ever pull their thumbs out and decide) will do a better job than
the inventor -- after all, der verehrter Herr Doktor Professor has often
stated that he is primarily interested in the research and language
design aspects of the language, and that mere matters of utility and
implementation are not of interest . . .

:-)


Sam'l Bassett, Member of the Technical Staff, Sterling Software
@ NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field CA 94345 
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