On Thu, Apr 29, 1999 at 12:55:10AM -0700, Brian D Chase wrote:

Couldn't resist...

> > Would it be a waste of time just to rewrite it because of modula-3 ?
> A
>   Let `n' equal the number of NetBSD platforms interested in running
>   CVSup.
 
   if ( `n' * `The effort to port Modula-3 to a new architecture' 
        > `The effort to port CVSup to C one time'  && 'The effort
	to port CVSUP to C one time' > 'The effort to write an M3->
	Converter' ) {
	Do the M3 -> C converter.   (See a2c, f2c, p2c.) }
   else
   if ( `n' * `The effort to port Modula-3 to a new architecture' 
        > `The effort to port CVSup to C one time' ) {
       Do the port to C.
   }
   else {
       Port Modula-3 to `n' platforms.
   }

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