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From: chambles@whale.st.usm.edu (John William Chambless)
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Subject: Re: I HATE C, C++, TURBO C, C--, C==, C+-
Date: 1 Aug 1994 21:45:59 -0500
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In article <31hu4j$h6@newstand.syr.edu>, Jensi <jpuchert@rodan.syr.edu> wrote:

[ someone else wrote...]
|>>		o You're tied down to one platform type (big restriction
|>>		  for me, esp. since I work primarily in unix).

>Well, maybe you do, but I don't.  I work primarily in Windows, so I don't
>really care whether my code compiles in UNIX, since the OS wouldn't provide
>any of the API functions anyway.
>
Well, hopefully soon someone will port WinHoseVectorTable, WinEatRam,
and WinSlowMachineToAnInfuriatingCrawl to X soon so that all the
benefits of MS-Windows can be brought to the unwashed masses.

Oh, yeah -- can't forget WinStupidHourGlassMakeUserWait, can we?


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*  Billy Chambless                  University of Southern Mississippi
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