On Tue, 5 Feb 2002, Grant [Preconfigured] Hutchinson wrote:
> In a previous message, Victor Rehorst typed vigorously:
>
> >The Newton Heap mini-FAQ is still a great resource for this info:
> >http://www.geocities.com/Paris/8382/FAQ.html
>
> I would just like to point out that you may want to take the contents of
> the Heap Mini FAQ with a moderate grain of salt. In preparing the initial
> release of the Newton Glossary, I had referenced several bits in the Heap
> FAQ for certain glossary definitions. Paul Guyot was one of the fine
> people who cheerfully proofed the definitions and he had the following to
> say about the aforementioned source:
>
> "Gosh, this HFAQ is full of crap..."
>
> So there you are. I'm sure that much of the information is reasonably
> accurate, however it's likely that some of the contents may have shifted
> during transport.
Some of it is crap, but generally, and especially for beginners to the
platform, I think it gives a good overview.
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