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From: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: v09i070: newsclip 1.1, part 1 of 15, etc
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Date: 6 Jan 90 05:23:22 GMT
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Reply-To: jfh@rpp386.cactus.org (John F. Haugh II)
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In article <6734@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV> lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) writes:
>Primarily because I'm out to set a standard, not to make a buck.  Those
>who try to make bucks very frequently find that they neither make bucks
>nor set standards.  A commercial product has increase the standard of
>living by a certain percentage to be viable, and I seem to specialize
>in doing things that improve the standard of living just a little less
>than that magical percentage.  In other words, I tend to write things
>that people wouldn't pay much for because they already have other ways
>to do it.

It is very difficult to thank the truly humble people on this planet
because they will gladly point out how insignificant or worthless
their work is.

Thank you very much for rn, perl, and patch.  I use all three of them
on a regular basis and don't have any real alternatives.  Drawing
comparisions of these three programs against their competitors does
little justice to the work which goes into creating a net.classic.

Thanks.
-- 
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