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From: "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>
To: Jim Bryant <kc5vdj@yahoo.com>
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Subject: Re: HEADS UP: ACPI CHANGES AFFECTING MOST -CURRENT USERS
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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 08:15:59PM -0500, Jim Bryant wrote:
> > In the case of forth, the interpreter will accept nothing that looks even
> > vaguely simular to C/C++, FORTRAN, bourne shell, awk, or perl.
... 
> It's been a very long time since FORTRAN fit in 4k, I don't think C
> ever did, bourne relies too much on external programs [/bin/test, etc],
> awk is too limited, and using perl would be akin to using winblowz as a
> bootloader [bLOAt]....

NO KIDDING!  I was comparing syntax.  Where did I ever suggest to use
those particular langauges?

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-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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