Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 2/11/25 4:24 PM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2025-02-10, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net <WokieSux283@ud0s4.net> wrote:
 

On 2/9/25 6:32 AM, Charlie Gibbs wrote:
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On 2025-02-09, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
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On Sat, 8 Feb 2025 23:36:12 -0500, WokieSux282@ud0s4.net wrote:
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     Maybe the best cross-over was Professor Wirth with Pascal/Modula.
     Alas it was a shorter fence to straddle back then ....

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Before it was adapted for the real world Pascal was known as a language
that excelled at telling itself secrets. I/O was an afterthought. Lisp
needed some improvement before it was useful too.

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That was true of all the Wirthian languages, wasn't it?
I've heard them referred to as "bondage and discipline" languages.

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    Early ALGOL didn't even have I/O per-se. It was
    an educational demo, not real-world. The last
    versions were much more usable.
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    Pascal/Modula ... kinda "improved ALGOL".
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    As for "bondage" ... not sure where you heard
    that. Pascal - esp the later Borland-derived
    versions - are a great all-purpose environment
    and you can actually READ yer code a year later.

 I always thought of it in the sense of "If you can't
do anything, you can't do anything wrong."
 

    Modula-2/3 were a little more 'stiff', but still
    usable. Can't find a native M3 compiler for Linux
    that will install correctly alas ...
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    If you want B&D, look up little Miss ADA  :-)

 <shudder> Now you've got me trying to erase images
of kinky stuff with someone from the Americans with
Disabilities Association.
 As for the Ada the language (note the lack of excess
capitals), it looked too governmental and bloated.
Besides, I already had C.

   'C' is great. No question, no diss.
   But I *love* Pascal  :-)
   As for Ada's Dungeon ... it's more than just
   bloated and governmental - it's a painful
   bowel obstruction.