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- From: papresco@napier.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod)
- Subject: Re: IS UNIX DEAD
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- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 23:03:38 GMT
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- >>Word for windows can do anything that WordPerfect, VI or Emacs can do,
- >>and yet the interface is crystal clear and easy.
- >
- >Can it solve the Tower of Hanoi problem ?
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- Yes.
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- >Can it solve a maze ?
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- Yes.
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- >Can it "be" a turing machine ?
-
- Yes.
-
- Word has a turing complete language built in. If you wanted to build
- an operating system in it, you could, although I wouldn't vouch for
- it's performance...OTOH, it couldn't be much slower then windows
- itself...
-
- >(Say NO to Mouseing around)
-
- Whose forcing you to mouse around? VI and Word can happily coexist on
- the same computer. Indeed, Word could have a VI mode if you really
- wanted it to.
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