[net.lang] HOPE

jds@duke.UUCP (Joe D. Sloan) (11/20/85)

	In the August issue of BYTE there was a excellent series
of articles on declarative languages.  I recommend it to all.
In that issue, they mentioned that there was a public domain HOPE
available on their network, BYTEnet.  (Old number 1-617-861-9774,
current number 1-617-861-9764.)  After a several dozen attempts at 
various times of the day to log on to BYTEnet, I have given up. 
(Does BYTEnet really exist?)  Would anyone know of another source
for HOPE?  Perhaps there is some less frequently used bbs that has
it or a users group or a generous person that would supply it for a 
reasonable media/copying fee.  (They also claim to have a public 
domain PROLOG.)

farren@well.UUCP (Mike Farren) (11/24/85)

    In the previous posting, which I forgot to include here, a complaint
was raised about BYTEnet Listings, BYTE magazine's BBS system, indicating
that the person was unable to get through.  Only too true! BYTEnet Listings
was responsible for shutting down the long-distance access to the ENTIRE
state of New Hampshire some months ago, due to the enormous number of calls 
they recieved.
    To get the Public Domain HOPE or PROLOG, you should first try your local
BBS systems, or the BBS run by Computer Languages magazine...


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           Mike Farren
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cej@well.UUCP (Craig Jackson) (12/09/85)

About BYTEnet listings, it did indeed cause a problem when the access was
in New Hampshire.  The access numbers are now in Massachusetts, on an
exchange that has many other dial-in numbers.

That still doesn't mean you'll get through.  For what its worth, I think
that this software is available on Bix.  It costs a good deal more, though.
Craig Jackson
ihnp4!linus!axiom!mhis!dricej

Disclamer: I work for McGraw-Hill, and am associated peripherally with Byte
and Bix.  I am merely trying to be informative.