20 May
2005
20 May
'05
4:57 a.m.
On Tue, 17 May, 2005 at 06:27AM +1000, Norval Watson spake thus:
--
"I'd crawl over an acre of 'Visual This++' and 'Integrated
Development
That' to get to gcc, Emacs, and gdb. Thank you."
(By Vance Petree, Virginia Power)
On Mon, 2005-05-16 at 12:49 +0100,
james(a)dis-dot-dat.net wrote:
In their lifetime, it probably was Enid. Bill will sell forever,
while Ms. Blyton has fallen out of favour.
Her books always made me hungry - her best skill was describing
sandwiches.
I feel a bit like Enid Blyton, after she's
wandered
into Shakespeare's writing club - a little out of place and wondering
when people will notice that the skill gradient takes a nosedive in my
vicinity.
FWIW, I wonder who sold more books - Enid or Willy?