Re: Apple III question (couldn't find a 3 group to ask)

[Charles <spammeister12345@aol.com>]

In article <863c2t5kft.fsf@my.domain>, dgk@my.domain says...
> while (1) { print "hello world!" }
> 
> > [quoted text muted]
> > The modern radio is not easily tinkered with, nor is the
> > modern automobile.  If we were systematically trying to
> > keep kids from figuring out how things work and playing
> > with their own ideas, we could hardly have done better.  ;-(
> 
> Yes, its sad when engineers forget the KISS principle.
> 
> 

Don't forget that engineers are guided by those that pay them.  I'm sure 
there is a great incentive to "proprietarize" designs to increase the 
profit margins of the manufacturers and their partners who are 
"authorized". 

Charles