Brain Damage

Joseph S. D. Yao jsdy at hadron.UUCP
Sun Dec 1 00:41:06 AEST 1985


Faron (RDS) does not include attributions, but I know that ">>" is
cottrell at NBS.

In article <403 at faron.UUCP> bs at faron.UUCP (Robert D. Silverman) writes:
>> > The problem is really the brain damage among UNIX hackers that  assumes
>> > sizeof(int) == sizeof (char *).  ...
>> Sorry, but some of us *like* it that way. ...
>Sorry again but if you look closely at the way the 68000 does arithmetic
>you quickly realize (not the 68020!!!) that it IS a 16 bit machine disguised
>as a 32 bit machine. ...

Look, those of you who are new to this discussion: it has already
been incontrovertibly shown that cottrell at nbs is one of those
irremediably brain-damaged people who think that all computers
should look like VAXen.  He's even shown VMS-loving tendencies.
So, let's not waste net time trying to shout him down, eh?
;-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-);-)
Jim, if you want to flame me, let's do it privately, eh?
-- 

	Joe Yao		hadron!jsdy at seismo.{CSS.GOV,ARPA,UUCP}



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