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Date:      Sat, 20 Feb 1999 17:04:02 -0500 (EST)
From:      Pat Lynch <lynch@rush.net>
To:        "John S. Dyson" <dyson@iquest.net>
Cc:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, dannyman@dannyland.org, naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Linux vs FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902201703330.302-100000@bytor.rush.net>
In-Reply-To: <199902201853.NAA79497@y.dyson.net>

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Does Linus Torvald's Q&A at USENIX count?

-Pat

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Pat Lynch						lynch@rush.net
Systems Administrator					Rush Networking

Remark made by Bertrand Meyer (inventor of the Eiffel language) at a
panel discussion at OOPSLA '89:

        "COBOL programmers are destined to code COBOL for the
         rest of their lives, and thereafter."

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On Sat, 20 Feb 1999, John S. Dyson wrote:

> Brett Glass said:
> > And as soon as the immigrants arrive in the country, con men start trying
> > to sell them gold-plated nickels, claiming that they're $5 gold pieces.
> > 
> > Funny, but the coins have penguins on them. ;-)
> > 
> One or two pengiuns aren't too bad, but have you ever been in an enclosed
> (or not-so-enclosed) area with penguins?
> 
> -- 
> John                  | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
> dyson@iquest.net      | it makes one look stupid
> jdyson@nc.com         | and it irritates the pig.
> 
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