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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 13:41:12 CST
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- From: Rick Troth <TROTH@RICEVM1.RICE.EDU>
- Subject: Re: IBM TCP/IP inadequacies
- In-Reply-To: Message of Thu, 28 Jan 1993 02:10:00 PST from <LDW@USCMVSA>
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- >Bletch. Another complex thing with an incomprehensible programmer
- >interface.
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- Doncha luvit? Haven't figgered out APPC/VM mah self, either.
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- > APPC/MVS needs to speak TCP/IP; ...
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- Huh? What if you want to do APPC w/o even having TCP/IP
- installed? APPC/VM works with or without networking. (I think;
- goes through PVM for net transport; don't think it does IP at all)
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- >"I pray daily that programmers will be freed from the curses of
- >compatibility." -- Edgar Dykstra [I hope I remembered this correctly.]
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- Did he really say that?! Yippie! Complete vindication for my
- somewhat annoying (to our UNIX support guys) signature.
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- Stop BASIC before it stops you. -- Dijkstra
- Stop UNIX before it stops you. -- Troth
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- Rick Troth <troth@rice.edu>, Rice University, Information Systems
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