Congratulations on extempore v10.1

[George]

Congratulations Ben and Minoru
I have been on the sidelines since v0.9.3 watching the ‘duelling banjos’  as you worked through changes to extempore define-macro  and other code.

I have just successfully started v0.10.1 and pleased to find that code like:
(random (cons 0.2  'node1) (cons 0.3  'node2) (cons 0.5  'node3))
seems to work as before.
I note your detailed record of changes you have made in the updated Changelog.md:
https://github.com/digego/extempore/blob/eaf6f9afc6cc8a01636f0cc76ffa5be7dc253954/CHANGELOG.md
I see that I will have to go through some of my own to change:
imp_rand* to xtc_rand*

Understanding all your changes is a bit beyond me but it is obvious you have put in many hours of expert  work.
It seems to me that by your extraordinary efforts you have rescued extempore from a limited future confined to older operating systems.

I’m sure I am not the only one thanking you for it.

Best wishes, thanks and regards
George

[Ben Swift]

Thanks George - Claude deserves a bit of credit as well :)

Ben

On Sun, 28 Jun 2026 at 11:17 PM +1000, 'George' via Extempore wrote:
>Congratulations Ben and Minoru
>I have been on the sidelines since v0.9.3 watching the ‘duelling banjos’
> as you worked through changes to extempore define-macro and other code.
>
>I have just successfully started v0.10.1 and pleased to find that code like:

>*(random (cons 0.2 'node1) (cons 0.3 'node2) (cons 0.5 'node3))*

>seems to work as before.
>I note your detailed record of changes you have made in the updated
>Changelog.md:

>*https://github.com/digego/extempore/blob/eaf6f9afc6cc8a01636f0cc76ffa5be7dc253954/CHANGELOG.md*

>I see that I will have to go through some of my own to change:
>imp_rand* to xtc_rand*
>
>Understanding all your changes is a bit beyond me but it is obvious you
>have put in many hours of expert work.
>It seems to me that by your extraordinary efforts you have rescued
>extempore from a limited future confined to older operating systems.
>
>I’m sure I am not the only one thanking you for it.
>
>Best wishes, thanks and regards
>George
>

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Cheers,
Ben

[Minoru]

Hi George,

Thanks !
You wrote what I was thinking !
I'm always amazed at Ben's so quick and correct answer/help and work, too !

2026年6月30日火曜日 9:05:47 UTC+9 ben: