On 27 Q3 (27 Zackńy; early winter) in the 18th year
of his reign, being the 3332nd year of the founding
of Þisy (think 1990), the Lord Chairman of the Jickþy Protection
Agency, one Lord Roger Jickþy, commissioned the Lady Prophetess
Catherine Ńdaḿy, having completed 3 years reading in Computer
Science at Clearwater College in Þutĺy, being retainer of the
Lord Jickþy, and being Lady Maintainer for the Lord Jickþy of
the Wiḿpixy Windowing System, to research methods of composing
interactive software incorporating Ĺsaiýixian (and Unixian)
principles, such as separation of mechanism from policy,
multi-processing (in particular, segregating model and view in
separate processes), and scriptability, for 12 Þisian Guineas
(about $1900 in 2007 USD). The end result of this grant was the
Fŕigańdy Imperial Desktop (Fŕigańdy is the country where Lady
Wiḿpixy ended up settling), maintained by Lady Maintainer
Prophetess Catherine Ńdaḿy, Senior Courtier of the Lord Jickþy's
Court in Þisy, for the Lord Jickþy for a retainer of 1152
(=8*12*12) Þisian Guineas (about $180,000 in 2007 USD)
Notes Toward Interactive Ĺsaiýixy Software
Submitted alongside a monthly status report to Lord Roger Jickþy al-Jickþy on 58Q3ÞY3332, that is, Wed., 12 Spring (Jiĺty 28), Regnal Year 18.
References have been changed to refer to the most closely matching real-world paper, on the grounds that it is better to give credit to my own influences than to my inventions. (Except, of course, for what is my invention.)
Monads for Interactive Ĺsaiýixy Software
Submitted alongside a monthly status report to Lord Roger Jickþy al-Jickþy on 88Q3ÞY3332, that is, Fri., 42 Spring (Tagĺy 29), Regnal Year 18.
References have again been changed to refer to the most closely matching real-world paper, on the grounds that it is better to give credit to my own influences than to my inventions. (Except, of course, for what is my invention.)
(Versions of this software corresponding to releases of fid-core before 0.3 have nothing to do with Lady Wiḿpixy's software, however; they should be regarded as a simple piece of mis-writing which should never have seen the light of day.)