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From: "Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz" <nospam@gsg.eds.com>
Subject: Re: Porting Experiences (was Ada and Pascal etc )
Date: 1997/11/05
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Kaz Kylheku wrote:
 
> >C will remain a serious blot on the claims of portability.
> 
> This simply isn't true. There may be blots on that claim, but this isn't one of
> them. It's an imagined problem that perhaps stems from your inexperience with
> that particular language.

Ah, the old ad hominem argument! I suppose it's all right when you have
no other arguments to bolster your case.

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                        Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
                        Senior Software SE

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