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- From: c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca (Kazimir Kylheku)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: C and UNIX invented as hoax
- Date: 21 Feb 1996 11:43:34 -0800
- Organization: Computer Science, University of B.C., Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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- References: <1996Feb19.140136.1@willow>
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- In article <1996Feb19.140136.1@willow>, <ferriom@woods.uml.edu> wrote:
- >>Michael Ferrio drank another Bud and wrote:
- >
- >[inadequately large snip]
- >> (I'm not making this up -- you'll find all of the above in THE UNIX HATERS
- >> HANDBOOK, by Garfinkel, et. al., IDG Books Worldwide, 1994, Appendix B).
- >>
- >> I guess this only confirms what most of us have always suspected...
- >>
- >> -- MICHAEL FERRIO
- >
- >
- >>I only have one suspicion. I'll give you a hint: What did P.T. Barnum
- >>say was born every minute?
- >
- >>-- Shane
- >
- >
- >Answer: the same thing that Niklaus Wirth said about 'C' programmers.
- >
- > -- M.F.
-
- The difference is that Niklaus was joking. The fact is that you fell for a very
- transparent hoax, indicating that you tend to believe something just because it
- is nicely typeset, bound and presented to you in a prominent bookstore. It's
- somewhat of an unwarranted leap of inference to assume that such writing is
- also true.
-
- >>True or not, I like C and I love UNIX. So, bite me!
- >
- >
- > No, thanks. But please try to locate a copy of Garfinkel's text; I
- >really believe that it will change your mind. Addiction to 'C' and UNIX
- >can be cured!
-
- I don't think so. What would be a suitable placebo for the withdrawal period?
- Why would anyone want to be cured of so grand an affliction?
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