> > As long as we're offtopic...what do people think of this
> > list relative to, say, the message boards on atariage.com?
>
> This list is AWESOME! Most of the folks on this list are Grade A Genius'es.
>
> But Atari Age is much more Newbie friendly, I feel safe asking Newbie
> questions there without wasting the time of the really advanced folks on
> this list.
>
> Each list has it's place. :-)
Sure...and I've noticed some of the same names on both.
I guess I had enough chutzpah to "ask the experts" here
even early on when I was still making stupid, stupid mistakes.
Though maybe I should put a reference to the atariage list
in "2600 101" along with the ref to stella. Any others?
I think one issue is newbies who think atari programming -
or programming in general - is basically easy. That's why
I started out 2600 101 the way I did. Most people who try
atari as their first programming task are in for a world
of hurt, or at least frustration. (I mean, I was scared of
it for years, despite have a great deal of higher level
programming under my belt.
Re: the ongoing canonical VCS.H discussion...do people think
it should be the full reference kind of thing, detailing the
"arguments" each instruction takes, or something simpler?
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