Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed

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From: Len Charest
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 1994 22:10

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In article <396t37$geq@csnews.cs.Colorado.EDU>,
Tom Christiansen  <tchrist@mox.perl.com> wrote:
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>I know that don't look forward to a GNUOS where sysadmin files are in lisp;

What does it mean for a *data* file to be 'in lisp'? Are you scared of
s-expressions superseding the convoluted syntax of everything in /etc?
IMO, that would be a great step forward. Nevertheless, it is possible
to parse arbitrary text files in 'lisp' you know. So stop telling us
that the sky is falling.

-- 
Len Charest, Jr.				=Speed=of=Lightning==>
JPL Artificial Intelligence Group			      
charest@underdog.jpl.nasa.gov			<<<Power of Thunder>>>

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From: charest@underdog.jpl.nasa.gov (Len Charest)
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Subject: Re: GNU Script isn't fixing something that's broken, so is doomed
Date: 2 Nov 1994 14:10:08 -0800
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