🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: gnu.misc.discuss
Article #72066

Re: File Descriptions

#72066
From: Chris Flatters
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1992 22:55
44 lines
2120 bytes
In article 6031@news.Hawaii.Edu, julian@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Julian Cowley) writes:
>In article <1iosJB1w161w@grafted.UUCP> ziggy@grafted.UUCP (anthony lewis) writes:
>>Could someone tell me what all of the GNU stuff is? I know the obvious 
>>like GCC, tar, etc, but what about the others, like graphics, time etc.
>>Sorry if this is a stupid question. but I am new here and just dont know!
>>( BTW if anyone cares, I am running both Linux and MiNT ).
>
>Here is a list I compiled by hand a while back from a directory
>of prep.ai.mit.edu.  I just now dusted it off, updated the
>version numbers, and added some new programs.
>
>Hopefully it should give you an idea of what GNU has to offer so
>far.  You'll notice that it doesn't contain any manuals or other
>miscellaneous items, and that I don't have descriptions for
>everything.
>
>GNU software available on prep as of Mon Apr 27 11:03:41 1992:
>
>Program		Version		Description
>=======		=======		===========
>iostream	0.50		?

Beta release of the iostream classes for g++.  Made obsolete with the inclusion
of iostream in libg++ 2.0.

>nihcl		2.204a		?

Old version of the NIH class libraries.  A SmallTalk-influenced collection of
C++ classes.  Current version is at least 3.0.

>para		0.27		?

Hypertext note taking mode for GNU emacs based on Texinfo.

>tile-forth	2.1		?

An interpreter for the FORTH programming language.

>xinfo		1.01.01		?

X Window System front end to the info system.

	Chris Flatters
	cflatter@nrao.edu
Technical Details
Message-ID: <1992Apr27.225502.7995@nrao.edu>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uvaarpa!cv3.cv.nrao.edu!laphroaig!cflatter
References: <1992Apr27.215226.6031@news.Hawaii.Edu>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit
X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,2d6a281a4baa1647
X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public
X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1992-04-27 15:55:02 PST
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!uvaarpa!cv3.cv.nrao.edu!laphroaig!cflatter
From: cflatter@nrao.edu (Chris Flatters)
Subject: Re: File Descriptions
Message-ID: <1992Apr27.225502.7995@nrao.edu>
Sender: news@nrao.edu
Reply-To: cflatter@nrao.edu
Organization: NRAO
References: <1992Apr27.215226.6031@news.Hawaii.Edu>
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1992 22:55:02 GMT
Lines: 48