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The Saga of plt, Part 2
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So I ended with a strong line of wisdom from `plt` last time. What if the
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authors that wrote free PGP did not release their source code? A nice rehash of
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the [Clipper Chip](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_chip) anyone?
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2015-01-25
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[00:06:15] <Xe> but they did release their code
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[00:06:40] <plt> I saw a few that did not release their source code.
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[00:07:09] <plt> Its up to the author if they want to release it under the U.S Copyright Laws.
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[00:08:50] <plt> http://copyright.gov/title17/circ92.pdf
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```
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Note that this is one of the few external links `plt` will give that actually
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works. A lot of this belief in copyright and the like seems to further some
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kind of delusional system involving everyone being out to steal his code and
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profit off of it.
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Please don't pay this person.
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```
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[00:57:18] <plt> The ircd follows the Internet Relay Protocols
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[00:57:35] <Xe> which RFC's?
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[00:57:43] <plt> Yep
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[00:58:01] <plt> Accept for the IRCD Link works a little bit different.
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[00:58:57] <plt> Version 2.0 or 3.0 will include it's own IRC Services that will work with PBIRCD.
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[01:01:53] <plt> Later version will include open proxy daemon
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[01:02:34] <plt> Version 1.00 will allow the ircd owner to define the irc command security levels which is a lot different from the other ircds.
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[01:04:27] <plt> Xe that is the file /Conf/cmdlevs.conf.& the /Conf/userlevs.conf
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[01:05:24] <plt> Adding a option for spam filtering may be included in the future version of PBIRCD.
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[01:07:03] <plt> Xe PBIRCD will have not functions added to allow the operators to spy on the users.
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```
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Oh lord. Something you might notice quickly is that `plt` has no internal
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filter nor ability to keep to one topic for very long. And that also `plt` has
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some strange belief that folder names Should Start With Capital Letters, and
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that apparently all configuration should be:
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- split into multiple files
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- put into the root of the drive
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Also note that last line. Note it in bold.
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Some time passed with no activity in the channel.
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```
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[18:50:49] <plt> Hey Xe
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[18:51:06] <Xe> hi
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[18:58:54] <plt> How did you like the information that I showed you yesterday?
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[19:02:56] <Xe> it's useless to me
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[19:03:03] <Xe> I don't run on a standard linux setup
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[19:03:15] <Xe> I need source code to evaluate things
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[19:03:17] <Xe> :P
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```
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When I am running unknown code, I use a virtual machine running [Alpine
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Linux](http://alpinelinux.org). I literally do need the source code to be able
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to run binaries as Alpine doesn't use glibc.
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[19:04:24] <plt> It's the standard irc commands and I am still working on
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adding some more features.
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[19:04:38] <Xe> what language is it in?
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[19:04:48] <Xe> how does it handle an accept() flood?
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[19:09:17] <plt> Are you refering to accept() flood while connecting to the ircd or a channel?
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[19:20:42] <plt> You can not compare some of the computer languages with C since some of they run at the same speed as C. Maybe some of them where a lot slower but in some cases that is not the same today!
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```
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These are some very simple questions I ask when evaluating a language or tool
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for use in a project like an IRC server. How does it handle when people are
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punishing it? So the obvious answer is to answer that some languages are
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comparable to C in terms of execution speed!
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How did I not see that before?
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```
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[19:26:05] <Xe> what language is it?
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[19:27:23] <plt> Purebasic [...]
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I took a look at the site for [PureBasic](http://www.purebasic.com). It looks
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like Visual Basic's proprietary cousin as written by someone who hates
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programmers. Looking at its feature set:
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- Huge set of internal commands (1400+) to quickly and easily build any
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application or game
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- All BASIC keywords are supported
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- Very fast compiler which creates highly optimized executables
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- No external DLLs, runtime interpreter or anything else required when creating
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executables
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- Procedure support for structured programming with local and global variables
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- Access to full OS API for advanced programmers
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- Advanced features such as pointers, structures, procedures, dynamically
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linked lists and much more
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If you try to do everything, you will end up doing none of it. So it looks like
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PureBasic is supposed to be a compiler for people who can't learn Go, Ruby,
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Python, C, or Java. This looks promising.
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I'm just going to paste the code for the 99 bottles of beer example. It
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requires OOP. I got this from [Rosetta Code](http://rosettacode.org/wiki/99_Bottles_of_Beer/Basic#PureBasic).
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Prototype Wall_Action(*Self, Number.i)
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Structure WallClass
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Inventory.i
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AddBottle.Wall_Action
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DrinkAndSing.Wall_Action
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EndStructure
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Procedure.s _B(n, Short=#False)
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Select n
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Case 0 : result$="No more bottles "
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Case 1 : result$=Str(n)+" bottle of beer"
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Default: result$=Str(n)+" bottles of beer"
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EndSelect
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If Not Short: result$+" on the wall": EndIf
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ProcedureReturn result$+#CRLF$
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EndProcedure
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Procedure PrintBottles(*Self.WallClass, n)
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Bottles$=" bottles of beer "
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Bottle$ =" bottle of beer "
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txt$ = _B(*Self\Inventory)
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txt$ + _B(*Self\Inventory, #True)
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txt$ + "Take one down, pass it around"+#CRLF$
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*Self\AddBottle(*Self, -1)
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txt$ + _B(*self\Inventory)
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PrintN(txt$)
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ProcedureReturn *Self\Inventory
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Procedure AddBottle(*Self.WallClass, n)
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i=*Self\Inventory+n
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If i>=0
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EndProcedure
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Procedure InitClass()
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*class.WallClass=AllocateMemory(SizeOf(WallClass))
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If *class
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InitializeStructure(*class, WallClass)
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\AddBottle =@AddBottle()
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\DrinkAndSing =@PrintBottles()
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If OpenConsole()
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*MyWall.WallClass=InitClass()
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If *MyWall
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*MyWall\AddBottle(*MyWall, 99)
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While *MyWall\DrinkAndSing(*MyWall, #True): Wend
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PrintN(#CRLF$+#CRLF$+"Press ENTER to exit"):Input()
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CloseConsole()
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EndIf
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```
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We are dealing with a professional language here folks. Their evaluation
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version of the compiler didn't let me compile binaries and I'm not going to pay
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$120 for a copy of it.
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[19:27:23] <plt> Purebasic it does not make one bit of difference since it runs at the same speed as c
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[19:27:44] <plt> The compiler was writting in asm.
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[19:28:02] <Xe> pfffft
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[19:28:04] <Xe> lol
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[19:28:20] <Xe> I thought you would at least have used VB6
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[19:28:37] <plt> VB6 is so old dude.
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At least there is some sense there.
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[19:28:44] <Xe> so is purebasic
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[19:28:54] <plt> You can not compare purebasic with the other basic compilers.
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[19:29:51] <Xe> yes I can
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[19:29:56] <Xe> seeing as you post no code
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[19:29:59] <Xe> I can and I will
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[19:30:16] <plt> Makes no logic what you said.
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[19:30:24] <Xe> I'm saying prove it
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[19:31:40] <Xe> so you've intentionally backdoored it to allow you to have access?
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[19:32:00] <plt> I dn not trust anyone any more.
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[19:32:29] <plt> Not after the nsa crap going on.
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[19:32:50] <Xe> so, in order to prove you don't trust anyone
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[19:33:06] <Xe> you've intentionally backdoored the communications server you've created and intend to sell to people?
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[19:33:45] <Xe> purebasic is semantically similar to vb
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[19:34:06] <plt> There is no backdoors included in the source code. A course if a user gets a virus or hacked that is not going to be my fault.
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