On 6/26/2013 6:24 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:

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If there is one thing I have learned in developing software since 1965 (not a typo), it is to never depend on any third-party application being present. If it is not part of the base system install, it probably won't be there. I've even met Unix systems without make. Requiring the user to use some flag or other seldom flies and results in many nastygrams and late-night phone calls. If you need it, include it.

I pass on this group of scars on my butt for what it's worth and declare the topic closed.

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Bill Meahan
Westland, Michigan

"The nice thing about standards is there are so many of them." -- Henry Spencer