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- From: hashik@barh108.its.rpi.edu (Ghod of Procrastination)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c++
- Subject: Re: Portability of code & skills (Beware of "C" Hackers etc)
- Followup-To: comp.lang.c++
- Date: 10 Apr 1996 06:56:52 GMT
- Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA
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- References: <4ikb6kINN1is@mayne.ugrad.cs.ubc.ca> <4j6c48$4mr@bughouse.imonics.com> <315B0A17.489A@ix.netcom.com> <4jh25b$8s3@bughouse.imonics.com> <4kfdjv$dp4@sidhe.memra.com>
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- Michael Dillon (michael@memra.com) wrote:
- : In article <4jh25b$8s3@bughouse.imonics.com>,
- : Imonics Corporation <rcook@imonics.com> wrote:
-
- : >Or, if they DID do it for this reason, then it's a very poor reason. Glass
- : >teletypes weren't that uncommon in the mid-70s, reasonable foresight would
- : >have led to the conclusion that understanding the commands was more important
- : >than typing them quickly in their raw (un-aliased) form.
- : >
- : >But only if you wanted people to understand them easily.
-
- : This is ridiculous! I was an undergrad at the University of Waterloo in
- : 1976 when UNIX 6th edition first appeared on campus. We considered it
- : to be a "user-friendly" system and recommended it highly to arts co-eds
- : over the Honeywell GCOS/TSS system and the IBM VM370/CMS systems that
- : were also available. I saw numerous instances of non-CS students who were
- : able to pick up what they needed to know in a few days. This included
- : the basics of ed, nroff, mail and a few other commands like ls, cd, rm
- : and so on.
- [snip]
-
- And I must ask this question. Though I do believe discussions of OSs
- have their place, this current thread does nothing for the discussion
- of c++, which is the primary reason this usenet group exists. Please be
- more discriminating when choosing which groups you cross-post to in the
- future. Thank you.
-
- Nexx
-
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- The entire life being the war.
- A war, not against anybody else;
- But one fought against oneself.
- One need never to fight alone;
- For one shalt always have companions of the heart.
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