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wanting GNU (was Re: Illogic)

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From: Raul Rockwell
Date: Wed, 01 May 1991 05:26
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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
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From: rockwell@socrates.umd.edu (Raul Rockwell)
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Subject: wanting GNU (was Re: Illogic)
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Date: 1 May 91 05:26:52 GMT
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