#: 7670 S12/OS9/68000 (OSK)
    22-Oct-90  19:56:39
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Fm: Jack Crenshaw 72325,1327
To: Ed Gresick 76576,3312 (X)

That's _VERY_ interesting about Jim Destafeno.  I'll try to get him. There's a
definite need for such a newsletter since the demise of MicroC. They used to
cover a lot of the oddball systems, languages, etc.

Re Ron Anderson:  I can't lay my hands on a number, but you can reach him at

 3540 Sturbridge Ct.
 Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Ron's a really nice guy, and we communicate often.

As a matter of fact, I've talked at one time or another, either by phone or
mail, with most of the guys involved in 68000 stuff.  That includes Ron, Dan
Farnsworth, Jim Jones (of RBASIC fame), Sidney Thompson, Peter Stark, and Bud
Pass.  Also John Spray.  Don't know if you know John, but he wrote a delightful
little language and compiler called Whimsical.  It's Pascal-like, but simpler,
and compiles at the speed of light.  Ron and I are both in love with it.  John
lived in New Zealand, and Ron actually flew there to meet him.  Ron rewrote all
of his software from whatever the Flex language was (PL?) to Whimsical.  One of
the things that impresses me about it is the tiny object files.  There is
virtually no run-time library, so programs can be really small ... the lower
limit is ZERO bytes.  John just moved from New Zealand to Ann Arbor (!) to work
with Ron.

Most of the guys seem extremely nice.  Dan Farnsworth seems nice, but a little
strange.  Bud Pass is not nice.

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