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From: nelson@sgi.com (Nelson Bolyard)
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Subject: Re: Looking for LOGO
Keywords: LOGO Ladybug
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Date: 8 Jan 91 19:11:14 GMT
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In article <15229@sdcc6.ucsd.edu> hartung@crl.ucsd.edu (Jeff Hartung) writes:
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>
>I have uploaded LADYBUG to wuarchive.wustl.edu, and I sent copies to Keith for
>SIMTEL-20 and to Bill for c.b.i.p.  The copies that I put on wuarchive are in
>the /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS directory.  I don't know about the reported bug, but I
>ran LADYBUG (this is version 1.0e, I believe) on a Packard Bell XT clone with
>an ATI Graphic Solution card with no problem whatsoever.  Anyhow, it is
>available, for those who want it.  I originally downloaded it from Compu$erve,
>after considerable searching of the anonymous ftp sites and BBS's I knew of.

I downloaded this version of Ladybug and tested it.  I have good news and
bad news.  First the good news:

The version of Ladybug posted to wuarchive is several months newer than the
version I had (which was version 0.8 or 0.9, I forget which).  The newer
version has fixed all the bugs which I found in the old version.  The
clipping bug I mentioned in my original posting seems to be fixed now.
Functions return values correctly.  The NODRAW command works now, and 
printing of lists seems to work correctly.  There are several new commands
and features.  All in all, the package is improved.  So I sent the newer
version of Ladybug to those who replied to my original posting.

The bad news:  Most of the .BUG files that come with the new LOGO are BUGgy.
Many of them do not run at all.  I spent a few hours last night and went
through and fixed many of them.  When I get them all working, I will send
them to our Moderator for posting.  The buggy .BUG files seem to be in 
categories: (1) files that once worked but somebody played with (DEMO*.BUG).
(2) somebody started to write a program but gave up in the middle (MAZE.BUG), 
and (3) Logo prgoram typed in from some incompatible version of LOGO that
were never "ported" to run with Ladybug (e.g. CRAB.BUG).  The DEMO*.BUG
files are a very nice demo, once they're fixed.

<To our Moderator: I respectfully suggest you hold off posting the version of
Ladybug which has already been sent to you for posting until I send you the
corrected sample LOGO programs (.BUG files).

<To lmiller@cbnewsj.att.com:  I tried to mail ladybug to you, but my reply
bounced at cbnewsj.  Please mail me another email address for yourself if
you want ladybug.

>(BTW the Discovery Place BBS supposedly moved to Colorado about a year ago or
>so.  The SysOp was going to announce the new phone number in misc.kids, but I
>got tired of wading through all those "Where can I find good books on toilet
>training for my 2 year old?" messages, so I never saw the new number.

If anybody knows the new phone number of the Discover Place BBS, PLEASE
reply to this posting with a mail message to me containing the new phone 
number.  Thanks!

>-- 
> --Jeff Hartung--  	
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