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Re: Some things that pointer-less languages can't do efficiently

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From: Greg Lindahl
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 1990 15:45
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In article <10397:Oct1212:55:1090@kramden.acf.nyu.edu> brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) writes:

[ a posting in which Dan is repeatedly rude to Jim Giles ]

Dan, if you want to hold a flame-war, do it in alt.flame or
alt.religion.computers, not comp.lang.misc.

Quotable exerpts, out of context.

>I'm not trying to fool you; I told you repeatedly to look it up in the
>TeX code.

>  [ blah blah blah, implementation equals interface crap ]
>
>That's really, really, really stupid.

>And learn to pay attention to adjectives.

--
"Restraint, hell. I'm just too fucking busy." -- Bill Wisner
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From: gl8f@astsun7.astro.Virginia.EDU (Greg Lindahl)
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Subject: Re: Some things that pointer-less languages can't do efficiently
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