Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site batman.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!think!harvard!seismo!ut-sally!batman!gene From: gene@batman.UUCP (Gene Mutschler) Newsgroups: net.misc,net.wanted Subject: Re: Question for Freeware authors Message-ID: <161@batman.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Aug-85 13:31:46 EDT Article-I.D.: batman.161 Posted: Fri Aug 16 13:31:46 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Aug-85 06:20:52 EDT References: <873@wanginst.UUCP> <390@timeinc.UUCP> <181@tekig5.UUCP> <392@timeinc.UUCP> <675@cybvax0.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: Burroughs Austin Research Center, TX Lines: 13 Xref: linus net.misc:6984 net.wanted:6216 > We are develpoing a versitile and colorfull > language, but at what cost ? Personall I like the UN*X approach to life. > Simple and orthagonal. Its been done. Orwell invented just such a language, "newspeak", for the novel 1984. The idea, of course, was to disallow freedom of thought by making it impossible to express unorthodox thoughts. Just like UN*X--if they didn't think of it, you may have a hard time doing it. -- Gene Mutschler {ihnp4 seismo ctvax}!ut-sally!batman!gene Burroughs Corp. Austin Research Center cmp.barc@utexas-20.ARPA (512) 258-2495