24 Jan
2021
24 Jan
'21
10:01 p.m.
Writing simple renderings isn't too bad. Trying to implement program
logic in it is horrid. Believe me, I spent years dealing with a system
that was sort of a NeWS spin-off. Shoot me before I ever have to use
a language without local variables again.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Larry McVoy" <lm(a)mcvoy.com>
To: "Ronald Natalie" <ron(a)ronnatalie.com>
Cc: "Larry McVoy" <lm(a)mcvoy.com>; "Clem Cole"
<clemc(a)ccc.com>; "TUHS
main list" <tuhs(a)minnie.tuhs.org>
Sent: 1/24/2021 3:54:51 PM
Subject: Re: Re[2]: [TUHS] tangential unix question: whatever happened
to NeWS?
On Sun, Jan 24, 2021 at 08:39:13PM +0000, Ronald
Natalie wrote:
to do Java which got around the simple fact that
as far as a programming
language for human programmers, PostScript is absolutely abysmal.
Abysmal? Perhaps a bit harsh. The Sun logo was hand written
postscript and I did the first SPARC Cluster and made a logo that was
4 interconnected Sun logos in the same shape, I can probably dig it up.
I think it was more weird, reminded me of Forth (also weird). But you
could make stuff work in it.