AKA JMN
http://cyberclad.com I like programming in TCL and Erlang - preferably in the one project. I'm not the Julian Noble who does interesting stuff with Forth - but one day I hope to be *a* Julian Noble that does interesting stuff with Forth - It seems such a bizarrely mindbending language.
I get frustrated by GUIs and applications that block while doing some background task, so I'm a big fan of threads. So much so that I think I'm sometimes guilty of using them where an event-driven, or multi-process structure may have been simpler. John Ousterhout's: 'Why Threads Are A Bad Idea (for most purposes)' didn't sway me ;)
I'm rabidly opposed to the GPL. I've not yet had the guts or inspiration (or organisation) to contribute any code to the wiki - but if/when I do - consider it public domain.
The ghosts of VB haunt this TCLer
Julian, always http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AssumeGoodFaith . Don't rush on other wikis to complain about X and Y. Try to see their point of view first. Use your empathy and you'll see that the person who you thought was a devil is a totally decent and honest person. All the best! RobertAbitbol