Re: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret)

[Bob Buchanan <bobbyb@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been giving an open source RPG to C [translator|precompiler].  It
doesn't seem too difficult, just time consuming.  The issues for
portability (and why do it without portability) to me seem to be the
external file descriptions, and the screen handling system.  I suppose
both could just be unhandled in the language and require external calls,
but that kindof defeats the purpose.  Anybody else given this some thought?
-Bob Buchanan

Don wrote:
> 
> 1 vote for Platypus....
> 
> --------
> 
> On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Joel Fritz wrote:
> 
> > How about a mascot? The penguin seems to have made all the difference for
> > Linux. <g>
> >
> > I suggest the collared peccary (one of the three varieties of wild swine
> > native to the Americas) or the lesser bandicoot (look up "easter bilby" in
> > the search engine of your choice.)
> >
> >
> > -------------------------------------------
> > A mind is a terrible thing to use.
> >
> > Joel Fritz
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: dhandy@isgroup.net [mailto:dhandy@isgroup.net]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 9:56 AM
> > > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> > > Subject: Re: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret)
> > >
> > >
> > > Hans,
> > >
> > > >If we were to try to
> > > >change RPG from an "uncool" language to a "cool" language,
> > > >is there a single easy thing we could do to improve the
> > > >language?
> > >
> > > Ship support for the CF-specs!  <g>
> > >
> > > As time goes on, I also wonder if there isn't merit to another
> > > suggestion raised previously:  just change the name.
> > >
> > > Doug
> > >
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