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Date: Thu, 5 Feb 1998 20:55:20 -0800 (PST)
Message-Id: <199802060455.UAA04151@adit.ap.net>
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
From: Nate Eldredge <eldredge AT ap DOT net>
Subject: Re: my program wont compile

At 05:54  2/5/1998 GMT, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

>> Computer:
>>    486dx 66 mhz
>>    12 megs of ram
>
>BTW, I know the curator of an electronics-history museum, who might be
>interested in buying your desktop calculator...:-)
#ifdef FLAME
IMHO, it is impolite to make fun of other people's hardware. Not everybody
has enough money to afford a Pentium 1000 with 4 GB of RAM, even if you do.
This is like making fun of a friend because they are poor. I realize it was
intended as a joke, but IMO it's in poor taste.
#endif

Nate Eldredge
eldredge AT ap DOT net



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