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From: Fariborz "Skip" Tavakkolian skipt@pro...
Subject: [9fans] netscape
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 21:49:29 -0700

Isn't porting Netscape to Plan9 one of the signs of Armageddon?

I seem to recall that C++ sources weren't included because Lucent
sells it as a separate product.

At 02:55 PM 4/7/98 +0200, you wrote:
>> I downloaded it, and thought it's too bad cfront source didn't
>> come with Plan9.  I removed all the c++ tools from my system
>> because the source wasn't included...
>> 
>> So first, do we want to port GNU C/C++???
>
>I thought this thread was a joke. I can't believe anyone really
>wants Netscape (candidate for worst program I've ever had
>to endure) for Plan 9. And lack of source isn't the only reason
>to remove all traces of C++ from your system!
>
>-- 
>http://users.ch.genedata.com/~enh/
>
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