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- From: jgrimm@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com (Jeffrey Grimmett 9999)
- Subject: Re: Programming
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.173058.7975@TorreyPinesCA.ncr.com>
- Organization: NCR (Torrey Pines Development Center)
- Disclaimer: This posting does not necessarily reflect the opinions of NCR.
- References: <1e6dbmINNh75@ub.d.umn.edu> <mwm.2npl@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us> <92321.095417DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>
- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 92 17:30:58 GMT
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- Quoth <DXB132@psuvm.psu.edu>:
-
- ]> >Uh - I call not being able to use my commodites sacrificing
- ]> >versatility. Could you please write an AMOS program that lets the
- ]> >standard system commodites work, so I can see that this can be done?
- ]> >After all, it should be easy.
- ]>
- ]> I assume you are being sarcastic. Anyway, commodities are a heap of
- ]> shit. Run PM (Mike Sinz's performance monitor) on a 68000 Amiga before
- ]> and after loading a commodity. It sucks several % of the CPU time for
- ]> nothing! One of the reasons I wrote my own mouse/screen/etc utility
-
- Yahoo. Whee. Big deal. But seriously, folks... just because of your personal
- opinion of an INTEGRAL part of the OS is no excuse for making it impossible
- to use it. I personally don't like the look and feel of ASL, but I use it
- bacause it works and is supported. If someone wrote a util that flamed my
- system whenever I used an ASL requestor, s/he'd get it a righteous flaming
- from me. Besides, you're not really specific here... ANY comoddity? CX?
- Give me a few examples, if I ever feel the need to I'll check it out...
-
- ]> >Try asking your CS teacher (or me; I used to teach the stuff) about
- ]> :: :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
- ]> >poking the hardware directly, or complying with interface guidelines.
- ]>
- ]> That doesn't surprise me. You fit the CmpSci stereotype to a T.
-
- Oh, please. Let's keep this stereotyping felgercarb in .advocacy where it
- belongs.
-
- ]> If AMOS isn't good for beginners, PLEASE TELL ME WHAT THE HELL IS.
- ]> I suppose you think beginners should first obtain a PhD in CmpSci,
- ]> then buy all the RKMs and program the Amiga in LISP. Riiiight.
-
- Personally, AMOS is a good beginner's language to learn simple programming
- techniques on, as is Arexx. And, so far, Arexx has produced far more useful
- utilities than Amos has -- for myself, that is.
-
- I even go as far as to maintain an AMOS section on my BBS. And I've been
- begging my Amos-using callers to upload something more useful than "this ten-
- liner shows you how to..." Well, give it a few years, I suppose...
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- The opinions expressed in this message are thoughtful, reasoned, and logical.
- It goes without saying that they are not those of my employer.
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