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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: Re: "C" wish list.
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Date: Mon, 28-Oct-85 17:02:22 EST
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Posted: Mon Oct 28 17:02:22 1985
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> PS.  	The now famous authors of several white books should not be exempt
> 	from /dev/cattleprod.  Have your ever seen the insides of the
> 	"portable" device independent troff?  ...

Go easy on the dear (?) departed Joe Ossanna.  Troff was originally written
in pdp11 assembler.  If you think the source of troff looks grubby, it's
partly because it appears to have been more-or-less mechanically translated
from assembler!
-- 
				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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