>Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 21:12:09 -0500 (CDT)
>From: Peter Seebach <seebs@solon.com>
>
>Well, a '\a' is *expected* to produce a beep...

Not if you're using a K&R compiler like 'gcc -traditional', in which
case it produces an 'a'. :-)
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