OT? On Programming (was: Re: Computers for children)

From: Pete Turnbull <pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com>
Date: Mon Jan 18 02:32:38 1999

On Jan 17, 19:01, Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> Subject: Re: OT? On Programming (was: Re: Computers for children)

> Pete Turnbul wrote:
> ::I'd guess elm (which is what pine was originally based on) is smaller,
> ::sleeker, and simpler. Not a bad thing...

> My original choice of elm was basically because you got to pick from:
>
> * cat $MAIL
> * mailx
> * elm

cat?? You don't use dd? ;-)

> Hmm, let me think ... uh ... let's try elm.

Sounds like a reasonable choice :-)

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Dept. of Computer Science
						University of York

Received on Mon Jan 18 1999 - 02:32:38 GMT