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From: pasek@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Michael A. Pasek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: MPW wish list
Summary: MPW/Unix: Too alike, or not enough ?
Keywords: MPW Unix
Message-ID: <1877@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Date: 8 Feb 90 17:39:09 GMT
Expires: 16 Feb 90 05:00:00 GMT
References: <71.25cdb0c2@waikato.ac.nz> <1990Jan23.065751.29303@peace.waikato.ac.nz> <1990Jan25.003918.2359@cs.UAlberta.CA> <1990Feb6.065019.22828@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Reply-To: pasek@c10sd3.StPaul.NCR.COM (M. A. Pasek)
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In <1990Feb6.065019.22828@Neon.Stanford.EDU> Philip Machanick writes:
>I find this discussion a bit disturbing. There's a consistant thread
>that says, "Why isn't MPW more like unix?"
>My question is, "Why is it so much like unix?"
>[remainder deleted]

Funny, I was about to ask the same question when Philip's article showed up.
I can guess, though -- Apple hired a bunch of (then) recent CompSci grads to
do programming for them about 4 or 5 years ago.

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