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  • Where to find this old software mentioned in the faq?

    From ecosta.tmp@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jul 28 13:24:07 2019
    Hi guys,

    Is there by chance anybody aware of where I can download the software mentioned here:

    http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part6/section-7.html

    In the second paragraph? I was called marx, and apparently was an interpreted programming language with c-like syntax that could be used to play with xlib, and the OS in general.

    Would be nice to have a look at it, but I've been looking for a bit more than an hour already and seems like completely extinct.

    Thanks,

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  • From Eli the Bearded@21:1/5 to ecosta.tmp@gmail.com on Thu Aug 1 19:05:48 2019
    In comp.windows.x, <ecosta.tmp@gmail.com> wrote:
    Is there by chance anybody aware of where I can download the software mentioned here:

    http://www.faqs.org/faqs/x-faq/part6/section-7.html

    In the second paragraph? I was called marx, and apparently was an
    interpreted programming language with c-like syntax that could be used
    to play with xlib, and the OS in general.

    Would be nice to have a look at it, but I've been looking for a bit
    more than an hour already and seems like completely extinct.

    I did a little hunting myself for it, but it is made difficult by the
    name being a common one and the source server being an obscure one.

    That said: you can find the project pages (but not the source) on the
    Wayback Machine:

    https://web.archive.org/web/19990221204637/http://spock.ece.drexel.edu/marx/

    Then searching the author's name plus Drexel you can find a linkedin
    profile for Xiaoxun Zhu:

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/xiaoxunzhu

    You might be able to get a copy asking him. (Or maybe not, he might be
    too busy to dig it up.) But people who have worked a long time on
    something for fun are prone to appreciating someone else taking an
    interest, so I'd say you have a chance.

    Elijah
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    was hoping name+university would lead to a github account

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