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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I don't know if other people have the same feeling,
but I think that <FONT size=3 face="Times New Roman">Messrs</FONT></FONT><FONT
size=2 face=Arial>. Krell and Hosking<BR>should keep their polemics to
themselves and let </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>the community partake only
in the result of</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>a constructive consensus. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>As a USER of the m3 compiler on windows, I
find the recent developments scary, so I prefer to</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>stick to my installed rather old release (5.3.1 if
memory serves, BTW the version number should</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>figure at a prominent place in every
release.) I am afraid that M3 is going the way of fubar and I</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>am slowly loosing interest.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>To make it work for all these different platforms
seems a herculean </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>task and rather
pointless</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>endeavour. Why not use all that energy to
try a </FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial>radically disruptive strategy such as
a platform</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>agnostic intermediate form targeting a
JIT.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Let me apologize in advance to the whole
community for the present fit of an old men's anger.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>d. muysers</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>