Mail Archives: djgpp/1993/01/22/06:58:23
> 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
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr John P. Fletcher
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry,
Aston University, Tel: (44) 21 359 3611 ext 4625
Aston Triangle, Email(Most systems): J DOT P DOT FLETCHER AT ASTON DOT AC DOT UK
BIRMINGHAM B4 7ET U.K. Email(JANET only): J DOT P DOT FLETCHER AT UK DOT ASTON DOT AC
---------------------------------------------------------------------
- Raw text -