Rob RicciMay 4, 2023
If you think #vim is hard to exit, try to get #LaTeX to die after feeding it a file with multiple syntax errors
Show threadEthan BlantonMay 4, 2023

@ricci -interaction=nonstopmode is a blessing.

LaTeX is not Lisp. I don't want to be dumped into the debugger when it fails.

Show threadRob RicciMay 4, 2023
@elb LaTeX would be better if it were in a Lisp, change my mind
Show threadDan PortsMay 5, 2023
@ricci @elb LaTeX would be better if it were in pretty much anything else...
Show threadRob Ricci
@dan @elb *monkey's paw curls* LaTeX is now in Tcl
May 5, 2023 at 1:21amWeb
Show threadEthan BlantonMay 5, 2023
@ricci @dan At least it's not a macro language.
Show threadRyan AddessiMay 5, 2023
@ricci @dan @elb you just had to say any
Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@raddessi @dan @elb Look, I'm sure someone did it at some point
Show threadDan PortsMay 5, 2023
@ricci @raddessi @elb I don't generally like to admit this but I actually do maintain Tcl scripts for installing TeX Live (in MacPorts)
Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@dan @raddessi @elb Look, I used to help maintain way too much Tcl https://gitlab.flux.utah.edu/emulab/emulab-devel/-/tree/master/tbsetup/ns2ir
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Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@dan @raddessi @elb My favorite thing in there is the README whose last commit says "slightly out of date" - 20 years ago
Show threadRyan AddessiMay 5, 2023
@ricci @dan @elb that is some of the prettiest TCL I've seen, to be fair
Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@raddessi @dan @elb yeah even though it ovverides the damn global assignment operator :)
Show threadRyan AddessiMay 5, 2023
@ricci @dan @elb you can't use an awful language without committing at least one atrocity. I've seen worse bash
Show threadEthan BlantonMay 5, 2023
@ricci @dan @raddessi I haven't written Tcl in probably 15+ years, but my first open source contributions ever were in Tcl, I wrote a whole lot of ns-2 at one point, and I maintained ical for years. I have a soft spot for it.
Show threadRyan AddessiMay 5, 2023
@dan @ricci @elb I had to learn the dark art to do some evil things on BigIPs. I have since rejoined the light
Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@raddessi @dan @elb I'm just going to leave this here, it might take a minute to let the horror sink in: https://gitlab.flux.utah.edu/emulab/emulab-devel/-/tree/master/tbsetup/ns2ir
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Show threadRob RicciMay 5, 2023
@raddessi @dan @elb Oops pasted the wrong thing: https://gitlab.flux.utah.edu/emulab/emulab-devel/-/blob/master/tbsetup/ns2ir/parse.tcl.in#L433
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