Article View: gnu.misc.discuss
Article #74512wanting GNU (was Re: Illogic)
From: Raul Rockwell
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 05:26
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 05:26
20 lines
1580 bytes
1580 bytes
Lee Story writes: > Third, I'm not at all sure I want there to be another Unix variant, > even for free!!! Instead of working on new models of computation, > more reliable programming methods, and new applications of > computers, ... ahh... and everybody is supposed to want the things you wish them to? I think the GNU people have done an extremely _good_ job of making available "old" models of computation (as well as new) that would otherwise have to be re-invented. In fact, I think most of the practical things I've learned about programming since starting college I learned from GNU code. (Everything else seems to be mathematics). Well, that's an exageration, but GNU has managed to capture some important concepts that I haven't seen in any textbooks (or if so, not clearly presented). Raul Rockwell
Technical Details
Message-ID:
<short.11@socrates.umd.edu>Path:
arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!socrates.umd.edu!socrates!rockwellReferences:
<9104292009.AA01975@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <LEE.91Apr30164340@meercat.wang.com>Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 1025b4,47b7044c222bdb12 X-Google-Attributes: gid1025b4,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1991-05-01 19:44:55 PST Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!gmdzi!unido!mcsun!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!udel!haven.umd.edu!socrates.umd.edu!socrates!rockwell From: rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss Subject: wanting GNU (was Re: Illogic) Message-ID: <short.11@socrates.umd.edu> Date: 1 May 91 05:26:52 GMT References: <9104292009.AA01975@mole.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <LEE.91Apr30164340@meercat.wang.com> Sender: rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell) Distribution: gnu Organization: Traveller Lines: 20 In-Reply-To: lee@wang.com's message of 30 Apr 91 20: 43:40 GMT