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Fm: Mark Griffith 76070,41
To: Scott t. Griepentrog 72427,335 (X)

Scott,

UNIX is not some sort of omnipotent system that all others are forced to
follow, but it has been around for a very long time and is very solid. OS9 has
had the chance to improve upon UNIX and has in many ways.  However, the
maverick programmer that claims to do it all differently and better usually is
a flash in the pan.  Pete and other old timers here have seen many come and go.
Those that "follow the standards" and evolve as the standards evolve are almost
always still there generating good code years later.

The problem is with your statement of creating new standards.  Whose standards
might these be?  Yours we can presume.  However, no one but you have seen these
proposed standards nor any of your claimed faster and better routines.

The proof comes when there is something to accomply the claim.  So I'd say the
time is ripe to put your money where your mouth is.  If you really have
routines that are that much better, then I'm sure everyone will be loss of
income, then how about a simple example of one of your best, like your
replacement for printf()?

Mark

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