Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 May 1997 11:48:43 -0400 (EDT) | From | John Alvord <> | Subject | Re: Dropping a.out support -Reply |
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On Fri, 2 May 1997, Randall Cone wrote: > What would be the cost in system efficiency to retain support for a.out > binaries for a couple of more years?
David N Smith of IBM once won a similar argument saying...
"We must preserve the past for the criticism of the future."
during an argument about keeping an older file system alongside a newer and more efficient one.
John Alvord
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