[Coco] New CoCo site for programmers

William Astle lost at l-w.ca
Tue Mar 23 23:34:56 EDT 2010


Bob Devries wrote:
> ... and you could lose a loose wheel nut.... :P

And you can even loose a loose wheel nut under the right circumstances. 
Which will, of course, generally lead to losing it. :)

> 
> 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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