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Aucbvax.1535 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!duke!mhtsa!eagle!ucbvax!CSVAX.mark@Berkeley Fri Jun 5 15:05:15 1981 405 overlay comment, forwarded >From decvax!duke!unc!smb Fri Jun 5 08:45:48 1981 To: duke!decvax!ucbvax!mark Subject: 405 overlays Status: RO

Mark, I've tried to respond to that query, but I never know what's going to get through. As I understand it, 405 overlays were added to the UNIX kernel to support Steve Bourne's (unreleased) Algol 68 compiler. (See also some features of adb designed to support this compiler.)

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