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@@ -51,10 +51,6 @@ Pull the source code over to the machine you want to play on, and::
 	sh configure
 	make
 
-(That was fast, wasn't it ?  -- Amazing how slow things aren't
-when you don't go hunting for 27 different FORTRAN compilers for
-your C code.)
-
 
 How to test
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