On: 08 Oct 03  21:34:40 Bo Simonsen wrote to Roger Scudder:

 > Doesn't it support templates yet? ;)

 Dude, it doesn't even support all of the addressing it should yet. 
Inherent functionality comes first, then the extra doo-dads.  ;-)

 >  RS>  Ah yes, our friends, the Russians (a.k.a. the other side, if your in
 >  RS> to old American spy stories) have taken Fidonet as their own, and done
 >  RS> it proud.  I sure am glad those fellows made binkd.

 > Yes, for 10 years it was the cold dark russia, it's not yet anymore,
I've started 
 > learned Russian in RUSSIAN_TUTOR :-)

 Are there many Russian speaking people where you live?

 >  RS> best take it seriously, along with FTC-0039).  The problem with .MSG,
 >  RS> as I am sure you know, is that it is not an efficient way to manage a
 >  RS> large number of messages.

 > That's right, with different echos, it's not a good idea, if you use
Reiserfs it's okay, else it's not...

 Oh, really?  I haven't  messed with Fido software on Linux yet, but I will
soon.  :-)

 > Actually I like Squish, there are good tools for repairing.

 Has Squish been distributed with Linux or ported?

 >  RS> If I ever do decide to make it available to the public I will not
 >  RS> charge a dime for it.  That is why I intend to use wxWindows... it is
 >  RS> free on both platforms I want to target.

 > Okay, that's cool... BTW it's not time anymore for selling fidonet software.. 
 > Wildcat! and so on, is getting to a minority.

 Oh, yeah, I know...  Fido is mostly for us hard-code folks these days.

 >  RS> I would probably want to get one or two other
 >  RS> programmers involved so as to speed up the process (thoughts of The
 >  RS> Mythical Man Month dance merrily though the caverns of my memories).

 > Huh?

 Oh, The Mythical Man Month is a book.  Never mind that other crap I wrote.

 >  >>  >>  RS>  Digital Mars Compiler...  #if defined
(__DMC__)  etc...

 >  RS> When you purchase the CD you get the Extended Utility Package which is
 >  RS> not available for download and sells for $15.00 USD.  You also get the
 >  RS> IDDE (an IDE) and the resource editor (needed for Windows GUI
 >  RS> development) and the debugger.

 > Okay! I love 'gdb' :-)

 Me too.

 > In someway I like Borland C++ too, maybe because I'm forced to use it
(They are 
 > only having that at my school).
 
 Yeah, I can relate...  it's the only one they have at my retirement home.  ;-)

-Roger

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