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- From: rkoehler@author.gsfc.nasa.gov (BOB KOEHLER)
- Subject: Re: Extension Languages
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- References: <1992Dec28.131000.79@dallas.sil.org> <1992Dec29.064438.24211@physiol.su.OZ.AU>
- Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1992 13:32:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec29.064438.24211@physiol.su.OZ.AU>, john@physiol.su.OZ.AU (John Mackin) writes...
-
- >I don't know about the merits of TPU in the abstract. I just want to
- >discourage everyone from using nu/TPU. It is a real pain in the bottom.
- >It has very restrictive `oh no, you have pirated me' code built into
- >it. Now I have _not_ tried to pirate the damn thing, all I have
- >tried to do is support it for my users in a distributed computing
- >environment, and the pirate-detction stuff is very flakey: all
- >you have to do, just about, is breathe on the environment it's
- >installed in, and the damn thing decides it's been pirated and
- >refuses to run any more. And naturally, they've taken the
- >security-through-obscurity approach (probably because they
- >couldn't make it secure any other way), so there's not a
- >shred of documentation on this stuff to help you figure out
- >what it was you did `wrong', or how to fix it or avoid
- >doing it in the future.
- >
- >Set knows I'm opposed to commercial software in general, but
- >this sort of thing really needs to be stamped out. Please
- >do not buy nu/TPU.
- >
-
- I do know about TPU's merits in the abstract, and in the practical. I have
- had no problems of any such manner with nu/TPU, and the problems I have gone
- through have been well worth the result. A great full screen, character-cell
- as well as X11 compatable editting interface, especially for those moving from
- a VMS to UNIX or DOS environment already knowing DEC's EDT, or EVE, or
- progamming in TPU. And an extension language specifially designed for writing
- text editors (talk about the right tool for the job). There are, of course
- competitors to nu/TPU in the TPU arena, as well as in the EDT-only arena which
- should be considered before spending money. We consider our purchase as money
- well spent, and intend to do so again in the future.
-
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