Author: Miguel A. Ballicora
Date: 09:49:50 03/07/01
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On March 07, 2001 at 09:52:08, Robert Hyatt wrote: >On March 07, 2001 at 03:51:15, Slater Wold wrote: > >I certainly appreciate the kind comments. But let me remind you that nearly >30 years ago I was in your shoes. I had questions. And I had people like >Ken Thompson, David Slate, Tom Truscott, Ed Kozdrowicki, Richard Greenblatt, >Fred Schwartz (if anyone doesn't know the names of the programs those people >worked on, feel free to ask and I'll respond). and others. They were _just_ >as willing to help as some are today. > >It's just "more of the same" Or in my case "quid pro quo". Yes, but since you are thankful of those people, it is also fair that we are thankful for your contributions. Let me add something on this thread. In my particular case, I appreciate much more the time you took to answer to basic questions back in r.g.c.c than the source code. You were not the only one, I have to be fair, but you were the one that answered more often. I used to serach in dejanews a certain topic crossed with hyatt or (3 or 4 other last names e.g Moreland) and I always got a useful thread. That's how I learned the basics (i.e everything I know). I never dreamed of making by myself a computer program. When I started to read r.g.c.c during the GK-DB match, I started to understand a lot of messages that contained very pedagogical explanations. The more I understood, the more curious... My point is that source codes might play a significant but limited role. I think that the discussion of programming topics is even more important. Regards, Miguel
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