I'm out of it consistently now. People trying to contact me should probe back after christmas, in case I'm still alive (and don't rely on my answer then).
g++
No, this is not another rant about how much gcc 2.95.2's c++
frontend sucks on the Alpha, breaks with internal compiler
errors, creates incorrect function tables, cancer, famine,
and a whole load of other evil things. No, it isn't- I just
wanted to point out to those who missed it that the gcc
steering commitee appears to be planning to put out a 2.95.3
interim release. This is great news- even though the hairs I
pulled out won't grow back this way, a lot of programs
might *finally* work on the Alpha. Like Mozilla. Or Qt. Or
KDE. Or, of
course, Exult.
FreeSCI
Implemented and verified the new decompression method, but
haven't
checked it in yet. Since the new widget system is doing
quite well, I'll lay off implementing the hooks from the SCI
kernel calls to the widget system until after christmas.
Christmas presents
My favored present for everyone this year would be that they
don't have to buy me a present. Too bad not everybody is
happy with that, so we can't limit ourselves to singing and
celebrating and generally stuffing our stomachs with various
kinds of comestibles, much like we did with the traditional
goose (or whatever kind of animal or plant you happen to
traditionally prepare for christmas).