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From: terry@eecea.eece.ksu.edu (Terry Hull)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.microport
Subject: Re: Aghast at the Quality? (was: Microport Buyout )
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Date: 13 Apr 89 15:13:06 GMT
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In article <11307@well.UUCP> tneff@well.UUCP (Tom Neff) writes:
>Finally, why should we expect GNU to get
>"right" whatever it is that all these implementations got "wrong"?

Well gcc produces the fastest code of any C compiler available for
Suns, ggrep is the fastest grep available, and GNU Emacs is as feature
filled and bug free as any Emacs available.  With a track record like
the FSF has put together, I expect their beta release will be higher
quality than some other vendor's finished product.  




-- 
Terry Hull 
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kansas State University
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