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From: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Questions on CURSES by Pavel Curtis 1982
Keywords: curses CURSES copyright
Message-ID: <124@dcs.UUCP>
Date: 25 Jun 88 13:30:46 GMT
References: <522@sbsvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: wnp@dcs.UUCP (Wolf N. Paul)
Organization: DCS, Dallas, Texas
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In article <522@sbsvax.UUCP> greim@sbsvax.UUCP (Michael Greim) writes:
>3.) Why do people use old CURSES with its lots of bugs and inefficiencies, if
>	this one [Pavel Curtis'] is superior, as it seems to be?

Well, old curses or SysV curses comes with every UNIX system; if you use it
in your source, the source is bound to be compatible.

If you use any kind of a replacement library instead of the standard
distribution, you almost have to distribute that replacement library with 
your source.
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