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Bernard Domroy wrote:
>
> OK, so you have this great program, Hal. And it will allow users who are
> not great assembler programs to produce programs in assembler. And perhaps
> there will be some motivation for programmers to write real programs, not
> games, that have better performance than would be possible in Basic.
> Finally, we might have what appears to be a very good program development
> platform.
>
> But...... Your egos are are so enormous that you won't release it until
> you can have your silly AOL party. I think this is a real indicator of the
> maturity of the authors of this program. Release the damn thing. Don't
> e-mail it, put it up on Ti-calc or wherever. At least people can start
> using it.
>
> Then, those who care, can come to your little AOL party when you have it,
> and you can have your moment of glory. A truly mature individual
> understands that the real pride in writing a quality program comes from
> others using it rather than from a bunch of kids sitting around on some IRC
> or in some Chat room giving the author the obligatory strokes. Grow up
> already.
>
> domroy
So, what happens at the party if HAL is a failure? What price glory?