Autocoding >Re: "Introduction to Ethics",

[Peter Hansen]

Christopher Browne wrote:
> 
> Kragen Sitaker <kragen at pobox.com> writes:
> > Craig Brozefsky <craig at red-bean.com> writes:
> >> I've read almost all of them, and I understand what you see VIC as.
> >> Might I suggest that you perhaps set your sights for an example
> >> code on a project which is completable in a year or so of work in
> >> your spare time, and when complete may not ever be part of the
> >> finished VIC, but will embody the model of user interaction you are
> >> talking about.
> 
> > Can you explain what he sees VIC as, please?  I really want to know,
> > but I can't figure it out.
> 
> It sort of looks like the denizens of comp.sys.amiga.misc drove him
> from there, and he as a result headed to comp.lang.python and
> gnu.misc.discuss to spread his "vision."

I dug up pieces of the sordid history with the Amiga newsgroup, but
I didn't find evidence that they actually drove him out.  Do you have
any details on how that process worked, or are you just guessing?

That information may become more relevant after a while....

-Peter