Re[2]: lean + mean = "roll your own"
- To: "Luis Commins" <Luis@xxxxxxxxxx>, <laughton@xxxxxxx>, <MISC>, <mplichot@xxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re[2]: lean + mean = "roll your own"
- From: "vic plichota" <atsvap@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 15:44:58 -0400
>The 'Jupiter Ace' had a Forth on ROM
Hey don't forget the Radio Shack CoCo... another astonishingly
robust + facile product.
>I think a lot of it had to do with 'openess':
>They were simple and easy to code for, no BIOS,
>no APIs!! APIs may be handy but it's another
>hurdle' to go through.
It is sooo often easier to roll your own, rather than struggle with
somone else's idea of "the perfect API" (which are never perfect at
all). I am not in favour of re-inventing the wheel, but I hate
jumping through hoops... 'Open-ness', indeed!
>I liked the idea of having the display directly mapped
>on the memory, clean and simple.
That's exactly what I loved about the TMS34010.
>Look at the Transputer, no longer to be produced
Shit. Too bad.
>...now where's that empty bottle of washing-up liquid...
You must be a Brit -- in Canada we say: "dish-detergent".
:-) - vic