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Subject: [twincling] The Little Coder's Predicament
From: Saifi Khan <saifi.khan () twincling ! org>
Date: 2009-02-25 10:28:19
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Hi all:
An interesting read titled, The Little Coder's Predicament
http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/theLittleCodersPredicament.html
Msg from the blog:
Every useful system must have a well-designed, tinker friendly
language available in the base system configuration.
And no, we're not talking about shell interface here :-)
thanks
Saifi.
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<p>Hi all:<br>
<br>
An interesting read titled, The Little Coder's Predicament<br>
<a href="http://whytheluckystiff.net/articles/theLittleCodersPredicament.html">http:// \
whytheluckys<wbr>tiff.net/<wbr>articles/<wbr>theLittleCodersP<wbr>redicament.<wbr>html</a><br>
<br>
Msg from the blog:<br>
Every useful system must have a well-designed, tinker friendly<br>
language available in the base system configuration.<br>
<br>
And no, we're not talking about shell interface here :-)<br>
<br>
thanks<br>
Saifi.<br>
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