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author Kenichi Handa <handa@m17n.org>
date Wed, 28 May 1997 04:36:21 +0000 (1997-05-28)
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1 \input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
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2 @c %**start of header
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3 @setfilename tasks.info
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4 @settitle GNU Task List
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5 @c UPDATE THIS DATE WHENEVER YOU MAKE CHANGES!
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6 @set lastupdate 15 May 1997
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9 @setchapternewpage off
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11 @titlepage
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12 @title GNU Task List
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13 @author Free Software Foundation
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14 @author last updated @value{lastupdate}
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15 @end titlepage
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17 @ifinfo
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18 @node Top, Preface, (dir), (dir)
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19 @top GNU Task List
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21 This file is updated automatically from @file{tasks.texi}, which was
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22 last updated on @value{lastupdate}.
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23 @end ifinfo
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25 @menu
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26 * Preface::
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27 * Documentation::
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28 * Unix-Related Projects::
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29 * Kernel Projects::
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30 * Extensions::
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31 * X Windows Projects::
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32 * Other Projects::
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33 * Compilers::
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34 * Games and Recreations::
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35 @end menu
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37 @node Preface, Documentation, Top, Top
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38 @chapter About the GNU Task List
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39
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40 Check with @code{gnu@@prep.ai.mit.edu}, for a possibly more current
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41 copy. You can also ftp it from a GNU FTP host in directory
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42 @file{/pub/gnu/tasks} - These files in different formats are available:
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44 @file{tasks.dvi}. It is also available on the GNU World Wide Web
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45 server: @file{http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu}.
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47 If you start working steadily on a project, please let @code{gnu@@prep}
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48 know. We might have information that could help you; we'd also like to
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49 send you the GNU coding standards.
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51 Because of the natural tendency for most volunteers to write programming
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52 tools or programming languages, we have a comparative shortage of
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53 applications useful for non-programmer users. Therefore, we ask you to
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54 consider writing such a program.
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56 Typically, a new program that does a completely new job advances
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57 the GNU project, and the free software community, more than an
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58 improvement to an existing program.
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60 Typically, new features or new programs advance the free software
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61 community more, in the long run, than porting existing programs. One
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62 reason is that portable new features and programs benefit people on many
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63 platforms, not just one. At the same time, there tend to be many
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64 volunteers for porting---so your help will be more valuable in other
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65 areas, where volunteers are more scarce.
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67 Typically, it is more useful to extend a program in functionality than
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68 to improve performance. Users who use the new functionality will
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69 appreciate it very much, if they use it; but even when they benefit from
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70 a performance improvement, they may not consider it very important.
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72 @node Documentation
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73 @chapter Documentation
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75 We very urgently need documentation for some parts of the system
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76 that already exist or will exist very soon:
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78 @itemize @bullet
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79 @item
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80 Completion of the documentation for CC-mode, a new Emacs mode for
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81 C, C++ and other languages.
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84 A C reference manual. (RMS made a try at one, which you could start
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85 with).
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88 A manual for Ghostscript.
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92 A manual for TCSH.
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95 A manual for PIC (the graphics formatting language).
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102 are written as they are.
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104 @item
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108 Manuals for various X window managers.
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111 Reference cards for those manuals that don't have them: C
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112 Compiler, Make, Texinfo, Termcap, and maybe the C Library.
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114 @item
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118 @node Unix-Related Projects
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127 @ignore
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131 @end ignore
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133 @item
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134 A @code{grap} preprocessor program for @code{troff}.
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136 @item
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137 Various other libraries.
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139 @item
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140 An emulation of SCCS that works using RCS.
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142 @item
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143 Less urgent: @code{diction}, @code{explain}, and @code{style}, or
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144 something to do the same kind of job. Compatibility with Unix is not
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145 especially important for these programs.
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146 @end itemize
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148 @node Kernel Projects
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149 @chapter Kernel-Related Projects
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154 debugged from GDB running on another machine.
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194 Right now they are written in Perl and TCL, respectively. There are
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196 to have rewritten in Scheme.
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226 Enhanced cross-reference browsing tools. (We now have something at
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227 about the level of @code{cxref}.) We also could use something like
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228 @code{ctrace}. (Some people are now working on this project.)
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242 High-quality music compression software.
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274 A program for graphic morphing of scanned photographs.
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281 send them to @code{gnu@@prep.ai.mit.edu}.
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285 A free program for public-key encryption.
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287 This program should use the Diffie-Helman algorithm for public key
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288 encryption, not the RSA algorithm, because the Diffie-Helman patent in
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289 the US will expire in 1997. It should use triple-DES, not IDEA, for
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290 block encryption, because IDEA is patented in many countries and the
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291 patents will not expire soon. In other respects, it should be like PGP.
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293 This program needs to be written by someone who is not a US citizen,
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294 outside the US, to avoid problems with US export control law.
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298 redistribute it. We used to think that these restrictions had been
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299 imposed by the patent holders for the RSA and IDEA algorithms, and that
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300 PGP could be free software if these algorithms were replaced by
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310 This program should follow the draft standard for ssh. As always, it
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311 cannot implement the RSA algorithm, but must instead support the
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312 alternatives that will be patent-free in late 1997. It cannot support
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313 IDEA, but can use triple-DES and some other alternatives.
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316 Free software for doing secure commercial transactions on the web.
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320 A free program that does the same job as Kermit. Actual compatibility
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321 with Kermit is not necessary, and you could make the job easier by using
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322 @code{sz} and @code{rz} to do the actual file transfer.
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324 @item
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330 @item
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336 A general ledger program, including support for accounts payable,
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337 account receivables, payroll, inventory control, order processing, etc.
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339 @item
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340 A teleconferencing program which does the job of CU-SeeMe (which is,
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341 alas, not free software).
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344 A program to typeset C code for printing.
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348 Human Factors and Typography for More Readable Programs,
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349 Ronald M. Baecker and Aaron Marcus,
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350 Addison-Wesley, ISBN 0-201-10745-7
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356 Speech-generation programs (there is a program from Brown U that you
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364 (A clone of SPSS is being written already.)
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367 Statistical tools.
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370 A scientific data collection and processing tool,
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371 perhaps something like Scientific Workbench and/or Khoros,
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373 @item
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374 Software to replace card catalogues in libraries.
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377 Grammar and style checking programs.
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380 An implementation of the S language (an interpreted language used for
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384 A translator from Scheme to C.
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387 A fast emulator for the i386 which works by translating
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388 machine instructions into the machine language of the host machine.
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389 (Support for emulation of other machines would enhance the program
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390 but might make it much more difficult.)
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393 Optical character recognition programs; especially if suitable for
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394 scanning documents with multiple fonts and capturing font info as well
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395 as character codes. Work is being done on this, but more help is needed.
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398 A program to scan a line drawing and convert it to Postscript.
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401 A program to recognize handwriting.
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404 A pen based interface.
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406 @item
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407 CAD software, such as a vague imitation of Autocad.
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408 @end itemize
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411 @chapter Compilers for Other Batch Languages
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414 Algol 60, Algol 68, PL/I, Cobol, Fortran 90, or whatever, to be used
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415 with the code generation phases of the GNU C compiler. (C, C++, and
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416 Objective-C are done; Fortran 77 is mostly done; Ada, Pascal, and Java
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419 @c Fortran status is here so gnu@prep and the volunteer coordinators
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420 @c don't have to answer the question -len
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423 @example
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424 finger -l fortran@@gnu.ai.mit.edu
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425 @end example
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427 @node Games and Recreations
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428 @chapter Games and Recreations
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430 Video-oriented games that work with the X window system.
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432 @itemize @bullet
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434 A Doom-compatible display game engine, for running the many free
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435 levels people have written for Doom.
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438 Empire (there is a free version but it needs upgrading)
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441 An ``empire builder'' system that makes it easy to write various kinds of
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442 simulation games.
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445 Improve GnuGo, which is not yet very sophisticated.
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447 @item
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450 @itemize -
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452 Space war, Asteroids, Pong, Columns.
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454 Defending cities from missiles.
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456 Plane shoots at lots of other planes, tanks, etc.
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458 Wizard fights fanciful monster.
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460 A golf game.
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462 Program a robot by sticking building blocks together,
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465 Biomorph evolution (as in Scientific American).
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467 A program to display effects of moving at relativistic speeds.
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471 Intriguing screen-saver programs to make interesting pictures.
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472 Other such programs that are simply entertaining to watch.
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473 For example, an aquarium.
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474 @end itemize
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475
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476 We do not need @code{rogue}, as we have @code{hack}.
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477
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478 @contents
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479
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480 @bye