Hello Roger!

06 Oct 03 23:03, you wrote to me:

Doesn't it support templates yet? ;)

 >>  >> :-( Most Fidonet developers do that.. I'm nearly the only one,
 >>  >> who did write a independent product, which decided to use JAM
 >>  >> and Squish (Oh well, depends of the API) ..

 >>  RS>  I think there are many fidonet programs that support several
 >>  RS> bases.

 >> Yes, Tools from the husky project supports 3 msgbases, Interecho
 >> supports even more.

 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 :-)

 >> Well imho should *.MSG be standard.

 RS>  In a way it is... I mean, if you take FTS-0001 seriously (and you
 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...

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

 >>  RS> Yes.  I don't know the details, but that is basically it.
 >>  RS> They may require fees if the Linux product is intended for
 >>  RS> commercial use.  I don't want to give out bad info, so please
 >>  RS> check the site if you want to know for sure.

 >> Okay, but it's is commercial use? Would you be selling the point
 >> system?

Does it support LF>?

 RS> Wow... you've got me selling it already!  

Haha! ;)

 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.

 RS> Please keep in mind that my intentions are not to produce the latest
 RS> and greatest product X.  I just want to enjoy myself with it.  If my
 RS> goal was to distribute,

The same I do with Gotick, I really enjoy programming it.. I'm considering
if I shall use C++ for some parts..

 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?

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

 >>  RS> It supports 16bit DOS and Windows,
 >>  RS> 32bit DOS, Win32s, and Win32.  It is free to download, though
 >>  RS> I suggest people purchase the CD to show support for Walter's
 >>  RS> efforts. He is only charging $25.00 USD.

 >> Okay, that's quite cheep.

 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' :-)

In someway I like Borland C++ too, maybe because I'm forced to use it (They
are only having that at my school).

 RS> About these last three things... it seems that many people are
 RS> unhappy
 RS> with the resource editor because it is not compatable with Microsoft's
 RS> resource editor.  The debugger is not bad, though a couple of very
 RS> good debuggers are available for free from Microsoft in the Debug SDK.
 RS> The IDDE is handy, though it is not in the same class the the MSVS
 RS> IDE...  but then real programmers use make (right?) :-)

Ofcause they do ;)

Regards,
Bo

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