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From: gwyn@BRL-VLD.ARPA
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Re:  CACM Article on Unix Consultant System
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Date: Sun, 17-Jun-84 22:14:02 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 17 22:14:02 1984
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From:      Doug Gwyn (VLD/VMB) 

By "rm *" the authors meant an actual asterisk character.  However,
this example was meant to illustrate the pitfalls of a naive user
interface.  This example makes sense in the context of the original
article, which you should read rather than guess about.