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From: JP Thornley <jpt@diphi.demon.co.uk>
Subject: Re: GNAT Codesize
Date: 1996/07/05
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In article: <dewar.836197454@schonberg>  dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar) 
writes:

  (in relation to using 'trivial' tools on files)

> If you start using this argument, you can prove that ANY possible aproach
> might be dangerous!
> 

Well, we have had experience of the VMS 'copy' command fouling up some 
Ada code.

(The config controller used copy *.*;* instead of copy *.* without doing 
a purge first.)

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