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    From Robert Shiplett@21:1/5 to All on Tue Apr 28 10:48:02 2020
    i do my small bit for Unicorn, Object Icon ;-)

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  • From Frank J. Lhota@21:1/5 to Robert Shiplett on Sat Jul 25 17:28:30 2020
    On 4/28/2020 1:48 PM, Robert Shiplett wrote:
    i do my small bit for Unicorn, Object Icon ;-)

    We would have more luck if there were a Unicon / Object Icon fusion
    language.

    --
    "All things extant in this world,
    Gods of Heaven, gods of Earth,
    Let everything be as it should be;
    Thus shall it be!"
    - Magical chant from "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi"

    "Drizzle, Drazzle, Drozzle, Drome,
    Time for this one to come home!"
    - Mr. Wizard from "Tooter Turtle"

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  • From Anthk@21:1/5 to Robert Shiplett on Mon Jan 30 17:03:21 2023
    On 2020-04-28, Robert Shiplett <grshiplett@gmail.com> wrote:
    i do my small bit for Unicorn, Object Icon ;-)

    Add Unicode to Unicon (and fix some bugs on Ivib), and you'll
    get a good RAD alternative to monstruousities like Java.

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  • From VBerstis@21:1/5 to All on Sun Feb 5 14:48:04 2023
    You might be interested in my efforts at snobol5.org. I am updating snobol, works on 64bit Intel/Amd processors on Windows and Linux.

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  • From Anthk@21:1/5 to VBerstis on Mon Feb 13 11:58:49 2023
    On 2023-02-05, VBerstis <vberstis-7976@pages.plusgoogle.com> wrote:
    You might be interested in my efforts at snobol5.org. I am updating snobol, works on 64bit Intel/Amd processors on Windows and Linux.

    Thanks, but I'm more interested on Unicon because of the cheap but usable GUI support, OOP and some network featurs, as it seems a sane multiplatform alternative to Java without the Oracle trap.

    As I said, having Unicode in the 21th century it's a must. I could
    print some utf8 encoded strings (in code) and they printed well
    under my terminal, but I had no luck on XFT/Unicode support
    on the desktop. That and XFT (nothing fancy,
    something basic like TCL/TK would be more than enough) would
    make a matching dream to the current bloatness.

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