Re: Glassfish Implemenation

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen wrote:
> Evan Harris skrev:
>   
> > Heh, I originally resisted commenting (but only just). My immediate thought
> > was: "Plugh".
> >
> > Regards
> > Evan Harris
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Joe Pluta
> > Sent: Saturday, 9 January 2010 5:13 p.m.
> > To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
> > Subject: Re: [WEB400] Glassfish Implemenation
> >
> > Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen wrote:
> >   
> >     
> > > Sigh.  Why _MUST_ application servers require navigating a maze of 
> > > twisty commands, all alike just to do simple stuff?
> > >   
> > >     
> > >       
> > ARGH!  An ADVENT reference!  Sudden flashbacks to 4AM disassembling of 
> > the files to find the phrase "Congratulations!  You have vanquished a 
> > dragon with your bare hands! Unbelievable, isn't it?"
> >
> >   
> >     
> Hasn't the fun gone a bit out of computing?  When was the last time you 
> saw that prase on a green screen? :( 
>
>   
Oh, entirely.  In fact, some of the comments in the discussion on Open 
Source, particularly the ones about getting jazzed up by writing open 
source code, made me a bit nostalgic for my early days of programming.  
Back then, getting two computer in the same room to talk to one another 
was a trick - and getting them to do it over the phone was something of 
a miracle!  I loved those early days when it was a challenge just to get 
the dot-matrix print to print a decent circle (and then have the same 
code on another printer print a weird wobbly oval).

Yes, much of the fun is gone.  I think the folks who initiate many of 
the open source projects are people who still have that spark - they 
just enjoy writing code.  Making something out of nothing.  Creating a 
working object out of nothing more than their minds.  I've probably lost 
some of that, although I occasionally still get a little flash of it.  
In fact, I'm toying with the idea of starting a new project that is 
absolutely nothing but a lark.

>   
> > AIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
> >     
> Easy now. 
>
> I believe an adventure-like interface was written for the Linux Kernel 
> Configuration system (by Eric Raymond) but I cannot locate it.  
> Otherwise you could run that to get relief without risking running in to 
> hard-to-kill dragons and other surprises (not being a native English 
> speaker it literaly took me years to understand the "pining for the 
> fjords" comment).
>
>   
There was a library called ADVENT for the AS/400.  I have to see if I 
can find it...

Joe