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  8. From: heiby_u@falkor.chi.il.us (Ron Heiby)
  9. Subject: Re: So, how's the GUI version coming?
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  26. On 2 Nov 1998 18:36:34 GMT, fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
  27. wrote:
  28. >Incidentally, I don't necessarily subscribe to the view that
  29. >All Must Be GUI.
  30.  
  31. Hooray!
  32.  
  33. >to escape the countless bugs and aggravating limitations of the
  34. >Windows console environment
  35.  
  36. My "favorite": If the PC is busy, actually doing something, and you
  37. have the absolute gall to type at a console window during this time,
  38. the typed characters are delivered to the program LIFO, rather than
  39. FIFO. Double Plus Un-Good.
  40.  
  41. >It has the added benefit that most of its thousands of functions can
  42. >be activated without your hands ever needing to leave the keyboard.
  43.  
  44. Right on!
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  56. Ron.