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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: getting a key from stdin in UNIX
Message-ID: <11961@frog.UUCP>
Date: 9 Feb 90 07:13:00 GMT
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In article <M:L163Fxds13@ficc.uu.net>, peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva) writes:
> In article <22352@mimsy.umd.edu> chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek) writes:
> > >Try using curses ....
> > Oddly enough, curses does not exist on Univac 1100 systems running EXEC-8
> I think it's quite appropriate, since curses is likely to be available to
> the majority of C programmers reading this list.

And most interestingly, the Berkeley curses implementation is available
under the new Berkeley Copyright (i.e., use it, enjoy it, thank us if you
sell it), so if EXEC-8 CAN support curses, there is no excuse for it
not to have it.
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (508) 626-1101
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