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Re: Perl rules!
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 21 Jul 1999 10:19:23 GMT
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Don Heyse wrote in message ...
> I have many fond memories from those days writing software in 80x86 assembler
> using a dual floppy XT. Today's bloatware just doesn't compare. Uh, except
> EMACS. Oh yeah, and the graphics are also better today.
What, Eighteen Megs And Constantly Swapping? Ever tried putting emacs on anything
smaller than a CD?
> I *hope* it's linux. If you can hide the "knowledge requirement" behind
> an interface suitable for the masses, and keep the power for the others,
> then I think it has a chance.
Apparently the latest Caldera is quite good for that - all-GUI install, no
reboots and autodetection of just about everything.
Moz
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| (...) Well, I've been running Emacs on a P150 system with 643MB harddisk for three years now. That's smaller than a CD, right? Or were you refering to transporting the Emacs sources on a CD? I've used a set of 1440KB disks to do that. I needed eight (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| (...) Wait a minute. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but the segmented memory architecture allowed you to create absolutely *tiny* programs that did wonderful things. And you could fit tons of these programs on an affordable *floppy* disk. I (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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