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From: gillies@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: fad computing
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Date: 19 Dec 89 17:30:23 GMT
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> No way. I disagree completely.  My throughput with some half-assed operating
> system like MS/DOS or the Mac OS would be a lot less.  I'm not arguing that

Why not try prototyping on a Mac in C sometime?  You'd be surprised how
much time UNIX pisses away with its N-pass memory-thrashing
compilers and ASCII include files.

I'd like to see ANY 16Mhz 68020 UNIX box compile 45,000 lines per
minute, then bind & launch 5 seconds later (I'm talking about
THINK/LightspeedC for the mac).  8-).

Don Gillies, Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois
1304 W. Springfield, Urbana, Ill 61801      
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