Regarding some code I'm not actually going to put up on github, even as an anonymous gist

[kaberett]

but will e-mail to people who want to recoil in horror, particularly in the knowledge that it represents my best chance at actually getting any sleep tonight...

23:46 <evanmcc> one of those tuples has managed to break emacs's syntax highlighting
23:46 <kaberett> *snort*
23:46 <evanmcc> you win one internet
23:46 <evanmcc> from 1997
23:47 <kaberett> does it contain a useful graph plotting package with a gUI
23:47 <kaberett> ...
23:47 <kaberett> thank you that has genuinely made my evening :D
23:47 <kaberett> I did say it was the worst script ever ;)
23:48 <evanmcc> there was no such thing as a useful plotting package in 97
23:48 <evanmcc> I have something worse, but it isn't actually on this machine

Comments

[beckyc]

I'm intrigued

[kaberett]

You should have mail!

[simont]

23:48 <evanmcc> I have something worse, but it isn't actually on this machine

For some reason this last line sets my Pierre de Fermat detector resonating :-)

[kaberett]

He not only dug it out, he told me mournfully in some detail what it had been intended to be and why it was Wrong ;) But I quite appreciate the sentiment :-)

[sidheag]

Enquiring minds want to know: What does evanmcc have against gnuplot, which dates back to 86?

[kaberett]

Unclear to me! But I could probably find out...

[emperor]

I am interested :)

[kaberett]

Preferred contact address? Or e-mail me at one of mine and I'll reply with the horror ;)

(Let me know which version you'd prefer - the one evanmcc is actually talking about vs the version I e-mailed to partners two hours later to the tune of "HOW IS THIS BAFFLING INFINITE LOOP" shortly followed by "... the answer was don't code at 2am, Alex, but that doesn't help much with the current bug..." vs the thing that actually drew the pictures I wanted!)

[emperor]

My cambridge address is probably the best bet, thanks. I leave the latter to your discretion ;)