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From: Malcolm McLean <malcolm.arthur.mclean@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Why?
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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.

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