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From: farber@linc.cis.upenn.edu (David Farber)
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Subject: Re: NeXT and Multics-bashing
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Date: 11 Feb 90 15:04:45 GMT
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Multics was writen in PL/1 and died mainly due to marketing
and the evolution of its child .. Unix

David Farber; Prof. of CIS and EE, U of Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6389 Tele:
215-898-9508(off); 215-274-8292 (home); FAX: 215-898-0587;  Cellular:  302-740-
1198 "The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the
sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment." -- R. P. Feynman