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 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 > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------