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Aucbvax.4127 fa.unix-wizards utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!unix-wizards Wed Sep 30 14:01:15 1981 drivel about rm >From woods@LL-ASG Wed Sep 30 13:58:05 1981 Having a safe rm need not get in the way of a "production level programmer"-- just a few days ago, someone here writing a device driver accidentally typed "rm mg.c" instead of "rm mg.o". Recovering the old version from a backup tape wasted an incredible amount of a brilliant programmer's time... -John Woods <WOODS LL-ASG AT>

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