Using identifiers with more than 7 chars. #$%@

[Forrest Durett]

> In article <408 at ucbjade.BERKELEY.EDU>, mwm at ucbopal.BERKELEY.EDU (Mike (I'll be mellow when I'm dead) Meyer) writes:
> > In article <29 at gilbbs.UUCP> mc68020 at gilbbs.UUCP (Tom Keller) writes:
> > >or some other form of UNIX!  If you are going to post software with major
> > >system dependencies (such as long identifier names) LABEL them in the
> > >summary, damn it!
> > 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>    ***SHIT***   Mike, what I *SHOULD* have done, it appears, is spend $50K or
> more on a bigger, better system!  There are 2 (count them two) versions of
> UNIX (XENIX) available for the hardware I can *AFFORD*:  2.3a (an unGhodly
> meld of V7 and SysIII), and SYS III.   There is 1 (count it, one!) C compiler
> available for this system/OS combination.   
> 
> 
>     I humbly apologize to the you, and to the net, for not having bothered
> to spend more money that I'll make in the next 4 years on my system!
> 
> 
>     Excuuuuuuuuuuuuuse me!
> 

	I will most likely receive the same inconsiderate treatment

from Tom Keller that others have received for answering his article,

but what hell I don't care.  Mr. Keller, please send your flames to

/dev/null where they will be more appreciated.  I have just started 

reading this news group recently and have found some pretty useful

programs on the net and I am thankful for it.  I think that Mr. Keller

is forgetting a very important point.  He is getting this software free.

It is written at the EXPENSE of the author only.  I have a little 

suggestion for Tom Keller.  If you do not wish to spend a little time

to get a FREE piece of software up and running on your system, then by

all means WRITE IT YOURSELF.  Calling people louts and acting as if

your the one that is doing the author a favor by using his or her

software is a laughable act of inconsideration.


						Forrest Durett
						S. R. Systems
						Rochester, N.Y.