[Coco] New CoCo site for programmers

Bob Devries devries.bob at gmail.com
Tue Mar 23 23:17:13 EDT 2010


... and you could lose a loose wheel nut.... :P

Also its and it's.
There's a lot of misspellings everywhere, often unnecessarily, where
spelling checkers are available.

Regards, Bob Devries

--
Besides a mathematical inclination, an exceptionally good mastery of one's
native tongue is the most vital asset of a competent programmer.

Edsger W.Dijkstra, 18 June 1975

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Astle" <lost at l-w.ca>
To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 2:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Coco] New CoCo site for programmers



> Jason Law wrote:

>> Ultimately there is no prerequisite to contribute to the content on the

>> main

>> site.

>>

>> If a project group wants a forum of their own etc, I'm happy to add one

>> for

>> them.

>>

>> I think it could work very well as a community forum for those looking

>> for a

>> place to group together ideas.

>>

>> I've changed the access rights for guests to read all so you can see the

>> layout.

>>

>> There's no content there yet as I'm looking for interest before I

>> continue

>> with it.

>

> In your write-up about the chat feature, you mention, and I quote,

> ["rouge" chatters]. What you really mean, I think, is ["rogue" chatters].

> "rouge" means red in french or is a type of makeup.

>

> I only mention this because this particular error is right up there with

> spelling "lose" as "loose" on my pet peeve list. ("loose" as a verb means

> to "set something free" in case you're wondering why it's a peeve of mine)

>

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