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- From: rap@bnr.co.uk (Richard Porter)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn,comp.sys.acorn.tech
- Subject: Re: Monty Pythons most used sentence
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- Date: 25 Jan 93 17:23:34 GMT
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- In article <1k11shINNgps@info2.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> zrzs0111@helpdesk.rus.uni-stuttgart.de (Helmut Springer) writes:
- >"And now to something completely different"
- >
- >In past there were a few questions about PD/shareware/freeware modula2 compiler.
- >I heard there is (was) a port of m2c (translator modula to c) to the
- >archimedes/RISCOS, but it doesn't run proper (crunshing memory sometimes or
- >something like this ...)
- >I also heard also, there is (was) a port of gnu-emacs, also with problems.
- >On the one hand, I understand, that porters don't want to be blamed for
- >such bugs, but if a package, which can be ported to other hosts without
- >problems and compile without warnings, we should blame either
- >the library, the compiler or the prinziples of the system (most that ...).
- > The tragic part of not publicing not perfect
- >ported PD/shareware/freeware programs is, that other people would real need
- >this programs (also if they have to try some things twice before they run ...)
- >
- >"And now to something completely different"
- >
- >Has someone build a module with a "save, easy useable, not crunshing"
- >method to request memory (for RISCOS 2.00)?
- >If you request memory with OS_Module, the memory can't given back, if a
- >other module gets loaded.
- >If you request memory with WIMP_SlotSize, you may run into programs which
- >sits already in the memory (cause of BBC 6502 compatibility ?) and twice
- >this method has no garbage collection ...
- >It seams, that good old MSDOS v. 2.00 has better memory allocation routines
- >than this one on the archimedes 8-(
- >
- >"And now to something completely different"
- >
- >Has someone find a method to replace OS_ReportError with a WIMP-tasking
- >errorviewer ?
- >With the old (RISCOS 2.0) version of a errorviewer the machine freeze ....
- >
- >"And now to something completely different"
- >
- >Can the programmers of zap and stronged help the porter of the wimp-version
- >of microemacs ? (they don't loose too much, if they give him a few obeyfiles
- >with a discription ...)
- >Especially the minimal macintosh-like curser makes wimp-emacs unusable for me
- >(B&W-monitor ...) compared with the blockcursors of stronged and zap.
- >In my option microemacs should not start with a open window in top of anything
- >other after startup, but this is a other thing ....
- >
- >"And now to something completely different"
- >
- >Has someone find a method for a "forkviewer" ? A program that shows text
- >but do not block the calling obeyscript.
- >Example:
- > obeycommand1
- > ;eg. running a compiler
- > forkview file
- > ;eg. viewing a file with warnings
- > obeycommand2
- > ;e.g. running a linker
- >
- >"And now to something completely different"
- >
- >Do someone know, how far are the ports of gcc and adaed ?
- >
- >"And now to something completely different"
- >
- >so long
- >
- >"And now to something completely different"
- >
- >MUFTI
- >
- >--
- >Helmut Springer aka delta University of Stuttgart
- >User HelpDesk Computing Center Physics Department
- >springer@rus.uni-stuttgart.de springer@physik.uni-stuttgart.de
- >phone: +49 711 685-4828 1291::helmut (BelWue)
-
- I didn't expect the Spanish Inquisition :-)
-