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- From: papresco@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD? (long)
- Message-ID: <Bxw1Lp.CwH@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
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- Organization: University of Waterloo
- References: <BxKM0t.1xH@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <BxKtvw.J7v@unix.amherst.edu> <1992Nov12.224908.25332@hou.amoco.com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 01:32:12 GMT
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- >and will probably miss the end:
- >
- >I disagree. Not having used too many OS's, I can only recall 2
- >that the help command did something. Vax VMS, and Microsoft Dos 5.
- >I take that back, i just thought of Wylbur/MVSX, and VM/CMS. I believe
- >help does something on those systems.
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- Add in OS/2 and (I believe) AmigaDOS. Plus many, many, many, command
- line oriented programs that are not operating systems like symbolic
- math packages and graphing packages. Plus every text mode adventure
- game.
- >
- >Why should help do something at the command prompt? I would much, much
- >rather have the hardcopy manual in my hand. While online help might
- >be nice, I really just do not see its absence as an inherent flaw.
-
- You think the average university should issue everyone textual manuals?
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- Especially for the huge mass of files that come with Unix???
-
- And what about when those files change?
-