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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: The joy of FORTRAN
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2024 00:43:03 -0000 (UTC)
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On Fri, 11 Oct 2024 23:22:48 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

> On 2024-10-11, Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 
>> They’re in my face all the time, so I don’t want them to be “ugly and
>> boring”; I want them to be a joy to use.
> 
> ... the last thing I need is pretty pop-ups telling me where I should be
> going and what I should be buying.

I wouldn’t stand for those, either. I did say “joy to use”, didn’t I?

(Of course, some others might get “joy” out of popups ... I don’t.)