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Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Why? Date: Fri, 7 Jun 2024 20:09:21 +0100 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 38 Message-ID: <v3vlt1$265uv$5@dont-email.me> References: <v3v5k4$23ri3$1@dont-email.me> <v3v6ia$1unpq$1@news.xmission.com> <v3vfs7$25i71$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2024 21:09:22 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="3d5cf5214f2d8b45c65425247320c56d"; logging-data="2299871"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18BilPCBIxWhT7e0XHFJp6moJ81TNa6EQo=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:THowR07J/qZ5/7JhCYFcmhQ0bfw= Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <v3vfs7$25i71$1@dont-email.me> Bytes: 2405 On 07/06/2024 18:26, Kalevi Kolttonen wrote: > Kenny McCormack <gazelle@shell.xmission.com> wrote: >> Why? >> >> I mean, get it when someone wants to give away a large collection of mags, >> to clear space in their home and/or to do a good deed, but what s the point >> for just a single issue? >> >> Just out of curiosity, of course. > > I don't have a large collection, I only have two Dr. > Dobbs magazines. The one I am giving way is the C issue, > the other is an OS Issue from 1988 if I remember right. > I could give away that one as well if someone wants it. > > I have no use for this magazine, but as it is a special > issue related to C, I thought it is better to give it > to someone still in the Usenet and wanting to have it. > > Of course the easiest solution for me would be to > throw it into the trashcan, but the magazine does > contain some interesting C history so someone might > still want it for historical reasons. > > If nobody wants it, I'll just get rid of it. But I > will wait for a week or so for responses. > > br, > KK Now the C interpeter would be useful for my shell, as I could run C programs stored in the FileSystem files as source. Which is a nice idea. -- Check out Basic Algorithms and my other books: https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/bgy1mm