1. Unix version (was: Garbage and macros)
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
> Waiting for the Unix version ... 
Me, I can very well do with Euphoria as she
(it's a "she", the word is) as she stands
now. However, I am EAGERLY waiting for a
Linux version (not XWindows please). I have
had Linux sitting on a partition of my PC,
idle, because I don't have a nice language
to program in under Linux.
2. Re: Unix version (was: Garbage and macros)
- Posted by Monty King <boot_me at GEOCITIES.COM>
Feb 15, 1998
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Last edited Feb 16, 1998
However, I am EAGERLY waiting for a
>Linux version (not XWindows please).
Was wondering how come not Xwindows?
I have
>had Linux sitting on a partition of my PC,
>idle, because I don't have a nice language
>to program in under Linux.
I have debian linux I think...Not sure if I want to install it though.
3. Re: Unix version (was: Garbage and macros)
Monty King asks:
>> [me:] However, I am EAGERLY waiting for a
> >Linux version (not XWindows please).
> Was wondering how come not Xwindows?
Because I object to the overhead imposed by a
graphics interface. All the stuff I write is
very sparse (usually) statistical or quantitative
linguistics algorithms, typically 30K of executable
code. It all runs at the DOS prompt and when I
want a proper user interface, I write it from
scratch to minimize the hassle of input.
What runs at a DOS prompt will run under Windoze
anyway. But not the other way around. So a
compiler that imposes on me a graphics interface
is unwelcome. That is what kept me from taking up
Oberon/F or POW Oberon, which both require Windows.
Changing the interface to what I want it to do
is just too much hassle. It is faster and more
efficient (to me) to write from scratch.
4. Re: Unix version (was: Garbage and macros)
At 07:29 PM 2/15/98 -0800, you wrote:
>I have debian linux I think...Not sure if I want to install it though.
>
Go ahead, you can install it on a partition of your hard drive, and
still use dos as usual. You boot Linux with a boot floppy (takes just
a second or two).
Caution: get a really good book on Un*x or Linux before you start.
The Un*x guys are bad about naming commands and files and such
strangely. For example, a command named DIR is likely named that
way because it was written by Dave, Irv and Ralf, and the command
erases all your files. (They love to do stuff like that).
Irv
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