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From: lphillips@lpami.wimsey.bc.ca (Larry Phillips)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Programming MS-Windows vs. Amiga (Re: resource tracking)
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Date: 3 Mar 90 10:48:17 GMT
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In <5236@sugar.hackercorp.com>, peter@sugar.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>In article <23204@usc.edu> papa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) writes:
>> The large size of X programs is due to the fact that
>> on UNIX nobody really care about program size because of virtual memory.
>
>So why aren't NeWS programs that big?
>
>> Supercard? I never heard of it.  How many DO know about it? I don't think it
>> comes with my Amiga :-)
>
>And Winterp doesn't (yet) come with X. Right now it has the same status as
>REXX. How big is Hello World in REXX?

Hear hear!

With or without a window? Can I use the command line to generate the window?
:-)

-larry

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