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Via: uk.ac.aston; Fri, 22 Jan 1993 11:02:12 +0000
To: turnbull AT ecolan DOT sbs DOT ohio-state DOT edu
From: John Fletcher <ECM9093 AT pcmail DOT aston DOT ac DOT uk>
Date: 22 Jan 93 11:01:14 GMT
Subject: Re: GCC 2.3.3 and my sense of humor
Reply-To: J DOT P DOT Fletcher AT aston DOT ac DOT uk
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

> Subject:    Re: GCC 2.3.3 and my sense of humor
> To:         djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (DJ's GPP mailing list)
> Date:       Thu, 21 Jan 93 13:02:56 EST
> From:       Stephen Turnbull <turnbull AT ecolan DOT sbs DOT ohio-state DOT edu>

> Mea culpa.
>     As a long-time fan of RMS, FSF, and all the folks (especially our
> very own DJ Delorie) who create and support software under the GPL, a
> lover of Emacs since the days the DEC-20 version responded to
> ESC-ESC-CTRL-G with "Oh, so you can't hack buffers, sucker!", etc, ad
> nauseum, I recognize and applaud the effort etc involved in supporting
> even one platform.
>     I would not speak for Alan Eldridge on his actual level of
> paranoia, he'll do that for himself.  But I did not mean to imply that
> he actually held such a paranoid belief that RMS wanted to make life
> difficult for DOSniks.  (I think the attribution to "alane@..." and
> characterization of the remark itself as "paranoid" are correct,
> however.)
>     I apologize for, and will try to contain in the future, my sick
> and obscure sense of humor.
> --
>
> Stephen Turnbull
> The Ohio State University, Department of Economics
> 410 Arps Hall, 1945 N. High St., Columbus, OH  43210-1172  USA
> Phone: (614) 292-0654  Fax: ...-3906  Email: turnbull DOT 1 AT osu DOT edu
>
Perhaps we can figure out now what the problem is and how to t ackle
it?

John


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