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From: Richard Riehle <richard@adaworks.com>
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Subject: Re: C-beauty
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2002 08:24:33 -0700
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Adrian Knoth wrote:

> Hi,
>
> concerning <rgo8z7te6zv.fsf@work11.ipp-hgw.mpg.de> I feel I should
> translate:
>
> "The last beauty that was written in C was Schubert's 9th symphony."
>
> SCNR :)

Alas, poor Schubert.   Number nine.  Number nine. Number nine.   As good as
it was, choosing to write in C was, if one pays attention to Mahler, his
fatal
mistake.

> Das Leben unertraeglich war, drum rauchte er nur Atika.

Dann bekam Leben noch besser, als er das Rauchen aufgab.

Richard Riehle