How about a thread on.. Fred?

Everything else that doesn't fall into one of the other PB categories.

Are you interested in some Fred-facts?

Poll ended at Wed Mar 10, 2004 7:42 am

Yes, because Fred is rather inspiring.
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29%
Yes, because Fred is rather inspiring.
23
29%
No, I just want Fred to slave away for my next free update. ;}
16
21%
No, I just want Fred to slave away for my next free update. ;}
16
21%
 
Total votes: 78

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Post by PB »

> Considering the extreme effort Fred puts in regularly with his regular
> updates, and the time that entails from his personal life, I do find it rather
> self-centered to not take a simple opportunity to show that one might
> appreciate the man behind the product

These forums are not the only way to speak with Fred. Myself and many
others have conversed with him on the PureBasic IRC channel on a daily
basis, and he knows how much we appreciate his work. Take a look at some
of my posts here defending PureBasic and you'll see I am more than 100%
dedicated to the language -- to the point where others have called me such
things as a "Fred brown-noser" and so on. Where is the lack of respect?
Just because you might not see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. A lot of
respect and help goes on behind-the-scenes, and not on these forums.

> If you equate Fred's work with K-Mart products, then I'm even more
> disappointed.

I wasn't, and you totally misunderstood my analogy. Peace, dude. 8)
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Post by Kale »

Fred, are you really sure that you have to sleep?
Are we all sure that Fred isn't just an AI quietly coding the PB updates within some giant super computer somewhere, i mean after all who has ever seen a photo of him??? :wink:
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Post by Berikco »

I eat Pizza with him and drunk a couple of beers in Paris...two years ago :)
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Post by Rings »

i remember the good french cheese and redwine in september 2003 while meet him (and 2 other cool guys ) .
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show-off's...

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Post by Psychophanta »

This is the first time i see this thread :shock:
The big secret on Fred is that he doesn't mind to learn new software and hardware systems. He seems to be not lazy for that, and that's very important to grow and go ahead. :) :wink:
Congratulations Fred :!:
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:mrgreen:
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Post by Joakim Christiansen »

Not many people programs their own language.
Fred did, and I love it! :D
I hope PureBaisc get's realy popular and that Fred earns big money on it.
Way to go Fred! 8)
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Post by PB »

> I'm worndering how much code could have been produced while Fred
> was composing the above

LOL! :lol:
I compile using 5.31 (x86) on Win 7 Ultimate (64-bit).
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Post by MrMat »

Is this our Fred?
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The pic is from -> this <- page.

I thought all those late nights working on PureBasic would have aged him more! If that is Fred, he's young!
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Post by Shannara »

I donno, but this one is very cute ...

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Post by NoahPhense »

PB wrote:> Considering the extreme effort Fred puts in regularly with his regular
> updates, and the time that entails from his personal life, I do find it rather
> self-centered to not take a simple opportunity to show that one might
> appreciate the man behind the product

These forums are not the only way to speak with Fred. Myself and many
others have conversed with him on the PureBasic IRC channel on a daily
basis, and he knows how much we appreciate his work. Take a look at some
of my posts here defending PureBasic and you'll see I am more than 100%
dedicated to the language -- to the point where others have called me such
things as a "Fred brown-noser" and so on. Where is the lack of respect?
Just because you might not see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. A lot of
respect and help goes on behind-the-scenes, and not on these forums.

> If you equate Fred's work with K-Mart products, then I'm even more
> disappointed.

I wasn't, and you totally misunderstood my analogy. Peace, dude. 8)
What is the IRC information again.. ? I've seemed to have lost it..
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Post by PB »

> Is this our Fred?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! You've ruined the mystery! :(
I compile using 5.31 (x86) on Win 7 Ultimate (64-bit).
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Post by MrMat »

Aww sorry! It may not be him! There must be at least 2 Freds in France!

@np: It's on the links section on the main PureBasic page:
PureBasic Chat

Servername: irc.freenode.net
Port: 6667
Channel: purebasic (english)
Channel: purebasic.de (german)
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Post by freak »

It is probably this one :P
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