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Re: George Lucas reveals his plan for Star Wars 7 through 9--and it was awful

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From: Dan Espen
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2018 12:54
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Jorgen Grahn <grahn...@snipabacken.se> writes:

> On Fri, 2018-06-22, Dan Espen wrote:
>> Bob Eager <news...@eager.cx> writes:
> ...
>>> One sequel was UNIX, at least partly. And look where that went (OK,
>>> there are downsides, like Linux :))
>>
>> As a developer, having been exposed to many versions of Unix, Linux
>> stands out as the best.
>
> It comes with tools for development, unlike most unices in the
> past ...
>
> /Jorgen

Plus the GNU folks care more about usability than some
abstract goal like POSIX compliance.

One thing I learned to avoid is vendor supplied versions of make.
I'll choose gnu-make every time.  I also prefer the diagnostics
that come out of gcc.

-- 
Dan Espen
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From: Dan Espen <dan1...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: George Lucas reveals his plan for Star Wars 7 through 9--and it was awful
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