Re: The Manager from Seven Hills (INFO!!)

[joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn)]

In article <9302080526.AA11226@chasm.scar.utoronto.ca> 90taobri@CHASM.SCAR.UTORONTO.CA (Brian Tao) writes:
>The following revelation escaped Scott Gentry's lips:
>> 
>> What's the point of this post?  Is it to inspire the God-like
>> programming masses out there?  Is it a lament?  My mind goes, "damn,
>> learn to program then write it yourself."
>
>    Easier said than done!  Perhaps Joe was really thinking "The GS is
>capable of this, but the software doesn't exist" and not "The GS can't
>do this, time to get another computer".  Some of us don't have the time
>or the inclination to learn programming, much less write a DTP package!
>I've been meaning to learn C and desktop programming for a couple of
>years now.  I still can't make it through a dozen lines of C without
>getting completely lost!  So for now I stick with the "minor" languages
>like HyperTalk and MicroEMACS scripting.
>
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Thank you, Brian. I was trying to come up with a snappy sarcastic answer,
but couldn't.