From: Erik Max Francis <max AT alcyone DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: "port"
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 1998 11:27:16 -0800
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Ralph Proctor wrote:

> >However all(?) the GNU program were originaly developed for Unix
> >system and later on made to work on *DOZE, hence they are ports.
> 
> Does the program have to have been a GNU program originally to
> be a port? I don't think so. I may be wrong. Please correct me.

You're correct.  He never said differently.

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