Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!unmvax!pprg.unm.edu!hc!lanl!cmcl2!adm!xadmx!rbj@dsys.icst.nbs.gov From: rbj@dsys.icst.nbs.gov (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: noalias Message-ID: <19014@adm.BRL.MIL> Date: 7 Apr 89 04:00:33 GMT Sender: news@adm.BRL.MIL Lines: 16 ? From: Doug Gwyn ? Why it went out: Everything you said, I assume is true, as you should know. However, perhaps the real reason might have been Dennis Ritchie's statement: "Noalias must go. This is non-negotiable" (or something like that). Along those lines, I might draw an interesting parallel between DMR and company to God. It seems that in the Old Testament, God was a major player, interacting with mortals, issuing decrees, and performing all sorts of metaphysical acts, while in the New Testament, he is scarcely heard from. Dennis says little these days. Hmmmmmm... Root Boy Jim is what I am Are you what you are or what?