[arachne] Re: arachne Digest V2 #273
- From: "Greg Mayman" <gmone@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 06 Sep 2004 09:10:08 +0930
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On Thu, 02 Sep 2004 16:00:26 -0400, L.D. Best wrote:
> Greg,
> Have you ever heard of "a can of worms" ?? or maybe "Pandora's Box" ??
> That is what you are inching too close to when you start talking
> ARACHNE.PCK ...
> Until there is a roadmap for Arachne overall, and a few reliable GPS
> points in the code, it would be VERY unwise to open the PCK up to
> modification.
Hmmmm... yeah, I guess so.
> It's even worse than the History file!!
> Raise your hand, peoples, if you know that the history file is such an
> unreliable ENDUSER tool because it was thrown in to help DEVELOPERS
> debug and trace, not as a feature!!
That explains a lot!
> Right now the 'hot rod' called Arachne is still in the process of
> building the frame and trying different combinations of suspension to
> make it safe on the road ... some work has been done in engine & drive
> train, a bit on the rearend ... but we're nowhere close enough to
> finished to be sidetracked on injectors vs. needle valves, lacquer vs.
> powder for the finish... and further still from flames vs. pinstripes!
> <GGGGG>
At least we are still interested in the "real guts" stuff, and
likely to see some real progress, eventually, unlike Windoze
stuff where all you are allowed to be interested in is the
pinstripes versus flames.
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