On the road again

[woodb...@gmail.com]

“If you are indeed asking the way to Zion with your face
thitherward, I bid you good speed. Behold an open door is
set before you, which none can shut. Yet prepare to endure
hardship, for the way lies through many tribulations.”

John Newton, Preface http://www.desiringGod.org/books/the-pilgrim-s-progress

It hasn't been easy, but G-d has been faithful through
the first 18 years of Ebenezer Enterprises. Stepping
into the 19th year, I want to ask for your ideas on how
to improve the software and website.

https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards


Thanks in advance.


Brian
Ebenezer Enterprises
http://webEbenezer.net

[Mr Flibble]

Brian, you are not trying very hard to disguise the fact that your posts
are little more than proselytization just like Rick's.

God bothering in any form is unwanted here.

/Flibble

[Rick C. Hodgin]

On 8/30/2017 1:05 PM, Mr Flibble wrote:
> God bothering in any form is unwanted here.

What you say is true only for those who are perishing.

For those who have been and will be redeemed, God's presence in
one's life is as the air or water or food ... absolutely essential.
God teaches us to have Him out in front of us so we are not mis-
guided into the enemy's traps and pitfalls. And even then, here
in this fallen world, with a real, conscious, concerted effort in
serving God, yet still do we make mistakes because the enemy we
face is that clever, crafty, and evil.

God upholds us even in our failings, and He calls us to have Him
out front in our lives, which is why Christians move forward in
the things we do with regard to Him.

God first.
Other things second.

It is the natural way of the entire universe ... everywhere except
here on fallen-in-sin Earth due to fallen-in-sin man's folly. But
even this Earth is passing away and won't be here much longer, but
God will remain forever, as will all those who put their faith and
trust in His Son, Jesus, given to us as a propitiation for our sin.

He restores us to Himself, pulls us out of this world and into His
domain in Heaven forever. No more pain. No more tears. No more
hate. No more death. It is "Heaven" in the true sense of the word.

It is God's domain, and He calls each of us to it. All we have to
do is acknowledge the truth: We are a sinner, we need forgiveness,
and Jesus came here for that purpose to forgive us so that we might
have a way out of that which we could not make a way out of on our
own.

God is glorious. He is all rightness, all truth, all power, all
purpose. He deserves to be first in all things.

Thank you,
Rick C. Hodgin

[woodb...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 12:05:42 PM UTC-5, Mr Flibble wrote:
> Brian, you are not trying very hard to disguise the fact that your posts
> are little more than proselytization just like Rick's.
>
> God bothering in any form is unwanted here.
>

Leigh, a kind word here would be to say congratulations on this
milestone and best wishes in the years ahead.


Brian

[David Brown]

If everybody made a self-congratulatory post for every birthday of the
company where they work, the newsgroup would be as useless as Facebook.

If you make a big new release, or suddenly get serious interest for your
software from someone big, then maybe it would be interesting. But no
one here cares if your company is 18 years old or 19 years old - it is
utterly irrelevant to anyone but you. It is not a milestone of any
significance to the outside world.

And yes, your post is an excuse for religious drivel and nothing to do
with C++. What you believe is up to you - religious freedom is a key
human right. But you can talk about that in religious newsgroups, not a
C++ group.

[woodb...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 1:33:52 PM UTC-5, David Brown wrote:
>
> If everybody made a self-congratulatory post for every birthday of the
> company where they work, the newsgroup would be as useless as Facebook.
>
> If you make a big new release, or suddenly get serious interest for your
> software from someone big, then maybe it would be interesting. But no
> one here cares if your company is 18 years old or 19 years old - it is
> utterly irrelevant to anyone but you. It is not a milestone of any
> significance to the outside world.
>

Sorry if you don't appreciate my rehashing things, but people
need tools that will outlive their projects. The idea of private
property (closed source) is solid and will help the company for
years to come.

> And yes, your post is an excuse for religious drivel and nothing to do
> with C++.

I'm asking for ideas on how to improve my software and
documentation.



Brian
Ebenezer Enterprises - Enjoying programming again.
http://webEbenezer.net

[David Brown]

On 30/08/17 21:20, woodb...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Wednesday, August 30, 2017 at 1:33:52 PM UTC-5, David Brown wrote:
>>
>> If everybody made a self-congratulatory post for every birthday of the
>> company where they work, the newsgroup would be as useless as Facebook.
>>
>> If you make a big new release, or suddenly get serious interest for your
>> software from someone big, then maybe it would be interesting. But no
>> one here cares if your company is 18 years old or 19 years old - it is
>> utterly irrelevant to anyone but you. It is not a milestone of any
>> significance to the outside world.
>>
>
> Sorry if you don't appreciate my rehashing things, but people
> need tools that will outlive their projects. The idea of private
> property (closed source) is solid and will help the company for
> years to come.

I can't make sense of that paragraph - sorry.

>
>> And yes, your post is an excuse for religious drivel and nothing to do
>> with C++.
>
> I'm asking for ideas on how to improve my software and
> documentation.
>

Ask away - but do so without the preaching. When you talk about C++, or
ask about C++, that's fine. Just don't bring religion into it. (If you
feel some god guides your programming, that's no problem to me - but it
is a matter between you and him, not a matter for a technical newsgroup.)