Programming is addictive, and fortunately lucrative (or I'd be out on the streets). I like to work on "free software", also known as OpenSource software -- that is, projects whose source code is open to the public, encouraging spontaneous collaboration and code-sharing. If you don't know what I'm talking about, see the Free Software Foundation's web pages for an incomprehensible explanation.
All of my programming projects are kept under CVS:
cvs -d :pserver:anonymous@cvs.red-bean.com:/usr/local/cvs
| cvs2cl | Convert CVS log to ChangeLog | stable, released; in active maintenance |
|---|---|---|
| bkgo | A networked Go Game | in furiously active development with Ben Sussman. Note that the CVS module is elsewhere, though. |
| btdtdb | The "Been There, Done That DataBase" package | stable, in maintenance, used in a few places (including these web pages) |
| chaffwin | an encryption package | running, development complete, a collaboration with Ben Sussman |
| listerizer | Web-based mailing list administration | stable, in active development, running on a few sites |
| which | An enhanced version of the Unix "which" command | stable, you can use it |
| soforth | A cute little Forth interpreter | for educational purposes |
| screensavers | some X-windows screensavers | small, working |
| scrypt | An encryption system | in progress, development semi-suspended |
| jifei | A network usage accounting system | in progress, development suspended |
| bookmark | Save named locations in files | stable, now part of Emacs |
| mail-hist | Autodynamically store and retrieve sent mail messages | stable, now part of Emacs |
| saveplace | Automatically saves your place in a file | stable, now part of Emacs |
| yank-match | Choose clipboard selections by regular expression | stable, an add-on for Emacs |
| jump-def | Jump to the beginning of a named function definition | stable, an add-on for Emacs |
Here's the beginning of a Go board I'm writing in Java -- it doesn't play the game itself, but it knows the rules. Eventually what I want is to have a game-in-progress constantly displayed on a web page, where I'm one player and some random person on the Net is the other player. However, all it currently does is display a board, let you make moves, and remove captured stones for you.
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