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On 07/08/2015 08:56 AM, Bob Paddock (graceindustries AT gmail DOT com) [via
geda-user AT delorie DOT com] wrote:
>>   Erlang looks fantastic, until you get to that
>> nonintuitive-to-thepoint-of-incomprehensibility syntax!
> 
> That is where Elixir is coming form.
>  I do think they made a mistake in getting rid of the single
> assignment variables.

  If Elixir solves Erlang's horrible syntax problem, I will definitely
have to take a look at it!

>> (unless you're running an iAPX-432, which I'm assuming you
>> aren't! ;))
> 
> Didn't I give you my 432 data books?

  I don't believe so.  If it turns out that you still have them, I'd
love to get my hands on them!

> An obscure short lived processor that did end up influencing those
> that came after it.
> 
> Have any 432 based machines in your collection?

  Sadly not.  Very few were produced, and the people who have them
aren't turning loose of 'em.  My focus is primarily minicomputers and
supercomputers, but I'd still love a '432-based system because it's such
an unusual architecture.

> BTW, I would not describer your place as a rock.  More of a cave. :-)

  It looked a lot like a cave the last time you were here.  We've made a
great deal of progress over the past couple of months, though; a
producer and film crew came here last month to take some footage for a
program they're pitching to The Discovery Channel about technology
preservation.  That provided a very effective kick in the butt to get
things organized in here.  The first floor is very nearly presentable now.

> Seriously, everyone really should make a trip to see the computer
> museum Dave is setting up.
> I've wondered around the maze of many machines he has in this large
> warehouse sized setting.
> Impressive collection.

  Thank you!

             -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA