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Article #332Re: Contests (was Re: Yet another posting...:))
From: Blair Seidler
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 19:10
Date: Fri, 03 May 1991 19:10
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In article <GLENN.91May3123813@curie.ces.cwru.edu> glenn@curie.ces.cwru.edu (Glenn Crocker) writes:
>
>Question: I didn't go to nationals this year and was wondering whether
>they ended up using unix for the contest. They were talking about it
>at one point.... If they did use it, did they strip down the library
>so that it didn't include unixisms like popen?
>
We had the pleasure of using System V Unix. Of course, not only did they kill
the Unixisms, but they wiped out a bunch of functions in an effort to reduce C
to the utility level of Pascal. But at least we had C and Unix...
--
Blair A. Seidler Teaching Assistant, Department of Computer Science
(212) 853-6874 Columbia University
"Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science does not
even know that my opinions exist, and would ignore them if it did."
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