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• Subject: Re: Inside Redhell: Microsoft XAML Blogger Round-Up
• From: "John Cowan" <jcowan@r...>
• Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:32:56 -0500
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Bob Wyman scripsit:

> 	It may be that these problems weren't addressed on the
> Microsoft or *nix platforms until very recently. 

Unix has had the "curses" library since 1980, which provided
terminal-independence for character-based CRT-type terminals.
"Cursed" programs are still quite common on modern Unixes, although
terminal-type diversity is no longer very important.
I'm using one (mutt) to write this very email.

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