Re: [fonc] The Elements of Computing Systems

2011-01-05 Thread John Zabroski
On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 7:41 PM, Casey Ransberger casey.obrie...@gmail.comwrote: D'oh, I love touch screens. What I tried to say was that OF is mostly just Forth, and I think that was what made it so lovely to work with. It was nice to be able, for example, to interactively troubleshoot PPC

Re: [fonc] The Elements of Computing Systems

2011-01-05 Thread John Zabroski
One of the authors of TECS intended to reply to this comment, but he was not a member of the mailing list, and he said it was okay for me to put it here on his behalf. I've hidden his email for him since he didn't comment on how he wanted to be contacted, but you can find his email by Googling

Re: [fonc] The Elements of Computing Systems

2011-01-05 Thread Alan Kay
A nice Goethe quote: We should all share in the excitement of discovery without vain attempts to claim priority. So we can be happy that Chuck Moore did a few things when he did, without worrying about when the ideas first appeared. Computing -- like natural science -- has always been ripe

Re: [fonc] The Elements of Computing Systems

2011-01-05 Thread Julian Leviston
Yes! I couldn't agree more. We *need* this kind of thought. Every time we think about something, we think about it for the first time... this is the kind of thought that yields pink ideas not limited in creativity. Julian. On 06/01/2011, at 2:52 AM, John Zabroski wrote: I remember reading a