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pycyn@aol.com scripsit:

> Congratulations! I take it that this whole process was done in about the 
> time between now and yesterday when someone said it couldn't be done and you 
> said try so-and-so, which you then did. 

Well, you have to factor in the years it took to get Borland-compatible
Pascal available on Unixoid systems. When James McNeil Whistler was
asked how long it took him to paint one of his works, he justly
replied "All my life".

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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
--Douglas Hofstadter

