2023-04-01 02:06:11 <veltas      > unjust: The first person I met who knew Forth was someone who used to write controllers for lifts in Forth!
2023-04-01 02:07:00 <veltas      > He gave me his copy of Starting Forth before he retired which I appreciate, and a manual for MPE Forth because he worked there
2023-04-01 02:07:14 <veltas      > And he convinced me lifts are inherently unsafe too lol
2023-04-01 11:19:43 <KipIngram   > Those people who help us a long that way are a lot of fun to remember.  I've got a guy like that (not for Forth); he never gave me any books, but he loaned me a bunch of books while I was working with him one summer.  I just INHALED them, and they really gave me a good feel for how the computer world works.
2023-04-01 11:20:36 <KipIngram   > I think he enjoyed knowing me too - he was what they referred to at General Dynamics as a "job shopper" (a consultant, basically), and he told me once that he wasn't terribly well treated by employees who were envious of his higher compensation.
2023-04-01 11:20:56 <KipIngram   > Which he got because he got no benefits, no long term job security, etc.
2023-04-01 11:21:30 <KipIngram   > He'll always have a spot in my heart just from that brief interaction.
2023-04-01 11:21:44 <KipIngram   > s/a long/along/
2023-04-01 11:57:42 <veltas      > Nice