Date: Mon, 9 Jun 1997 19:41:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, bde@zeta.org.au, config@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Startup userconfig parsing Message-ID: <199706091011.TAA26921@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <4928.865850339@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at "Jun 9, 97 02:58:59 am"
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Jordan K. Hubbard stands accused of saying: > > Is OB anything that we _could_ use? Or is it moneyware and generally Bad? > > It's moneyware - Mitch's new company sells ports of it. Booger. Aigh! I know what we could use, and you will all kill me for it. Chipmunk Basic. It's disgusting, but it's compact, easy to learn, and free! (Now, where's that cyclone shelter gone?) Seriously; I'm stuffed if I can find a "right" script interpreter, and without it, or some reasonable facsimile thereof, the whole idea falls over. I don't really fancy "rolling my own", and while cforth looks pretty neat, I've realised that anything I used to know about forth has leaked right out 8( > Jordan -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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