From: "Lawrence Walker" <lgwalker_at_mts.net>
To: Sellam Ismail <foo_at_siconic.com>,
cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Date sent: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 18:01:05 -0600
Subject: Re: OT: Best programming suite recommendations.
Send reply to: lgwalker_at_mts.net
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As you said in another post,(to paraphrase) I was about to retort but I've
complained on the limit lately. It's been a constant anoyance but at least he's
getting a bit more coherent.
Lawrence
PS Yeah, yeah ,I'll get that Atari ST Mac emulator program disks off to you.
As
the Jamaicans say "Soon come".
Lawrence
> On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, John Allain wrote:
>
> > +AD4- I would guess that what makes a particular language good,
> > +AD4- is how well adapted it is to what you are trying to do.
> >
> > My preferences are: Networking, 2D+ACY-3D Graphics, synthetic
> > data structures, file ops, GUI's, in that order.
> >
> > +AD4- What makes a good IDE might depend more on how big the
> > +AD4- project is.
> >
> > I've done a couple of over 10Kline systems+ACo-.
> > EG: OpenDX http://linux.tucows.com/mmedia/preview/9436.html
> >
> > John A.
> > +ACo- +ACI-Data Explorer, from the IBM +AF8-Deep Computing Institute+AF8AIg-
> > http://oss.software.ibm.com/developer/opensource/osscommitment.html
> > Wish they had used that name while we were still there.
>
> John,
>
> I can never quite get used to reading your messages with these ridiculous
> escape codes spread throughout. This has been the case pretty much since you
> first signed on to this mailing list.
>
> See above.
>
> I've tried to tolerate it (and have strained to make sense of what is
> going on with your messages) but I have to object finally. It seems
> special punctuation characters (brackets, apostrophes, quote marks) are
> being escaped in some wacky fashion.
>
> What the hell is going on with your mail sender?
>
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