On Sunday, 30 April 2023 at 07:22:12 UTC+1, Jurgen Pitaske wrote:
> On Sunday, 30 April 2023 at 07:14:16 UTC+1, Jurgen Pitaske wrote:
> > On Sunday, 30 April 2023 at 00:34:09 UTC+1, Hugh Aguilar wrote:
> > > On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 11:47:36 PM UTC-7, John Hart wrote:
> > > > On Friday, April 28, 2023 at 10:41:09 PM UTC-7, Jurgen Pitaske wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Why did Testra attack me on comp.lang.forth with lies and insults?
> > > > No one from Testra ever attacked anyone on comp.lang.forth
> > > > or any other news group ever.
> > > Bullshit!
> > > This entire thread was an unprovoked attack on me:
> > > https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.forth/c/wydQr643gX0
> > >
> > > Tom Hart was totally lying:
> > > > I let him go myself,
> > > > after I had given him a project to write a DXF converter to HPGL code.
> > > > He would not take any direction.
> > > > I scrapped the project.
> > >
> > > I never even heard of HPGL before this attack. There was no HPGL project.
> > > Also, I never got any direction in any of my work.
> > > When I wrote the DXF to GCODE converter nobody told me about how
> > > Bezier Splines might work. I didn't know about Bezier Splines, and I assume
> > > that the reason I wasn't told about Bezier Splines is that Tom and John Hart
> > > don't know about them either. Tom Hart would just angrily tell me:
> > > "Just make a smooth line through all the tiny line segments!"
> > > There was just a mish-mash of tiny line segments ranging from 1/1000 of an inch
> > > to 20/1000 of an inch, and some longer. They pointed in every which direction. Some
> > > weren't touching any other line segment and some touched other line segments.
> > > I had no idea how to make a smooth line through this mess. I wished that I did
> > > have some direction, but I never did. I wished that I had mind-reading ability
> > > so that I could know what image the artist had intended with this mish-mash.
> > > Tom Hart says that I'm too stupid to write a data-conversion program.
> > > This isn't true. I was converting DXF code to GCODE within a couple of weeks
> > > of starting the project. The problem was that the result was a mess.
> > > When I started the project I was told that this was a simple data-conversion
> > > program, so I felt confident that I could finish in a few weeks. If I had been told
> > > that I had to make a smooth line through a big mess of tiny line-segments,
> > > I would have refused the job. If I had been told that I needed Bezier Splines
> > > I would have refused the job because I don't know anything about the subject.
> > > (This is where the comp.lang.forth trolls can spring into action and say that
> > > they could easily implement Bezier Splines, so they get to be big internet experts
> > > without writing any code, as usual).
> > >
> > > Tom Hart was totally lying:
> > > > [Hugh] had nothing to do with the processor itself,
> > > > that was all designed by John Hart and Steve Brault.
> > > >
> > > > The PLD version was based upon our original Forth Engine done long before
> > > > we ever ran across Hugh.
> > > The original Forth Engine was a bit-slice processor.
> > > This is unrelated to the MiniForth that was a VLIW processor.
> > > Tom Hart is saying that MFX was written for the bit-slice processor and then
> > > was used on the MiniForth. Bullshit! I wrote MFX for the MiniForth (MFX means
> > > Mini Forth Xcompiler). I never saw any of the code from the original Forth Engine.
> > > All of that was written by John Perona who later wrote Multi-Edit. Even if there
> > > had been some similarity between the original Forth Engine and the MiniForth,
> > > I still wouldn't have looked at John Perona's code because I never look at other
> > > people's code (that is like peering through a bedroom window to look at your
> > > neighbor's wife). Also, as a practical matter John Perona is a typical C programmer
> > > who writes multi-page functions. He doesn't factor code at all.
> > >
> > > Testra was originally called Hartronics and they advertised their "Forth Engine"
> > > in Forth Dimensions, in case anybody cares (I don't).
> > >
> > > It was obvious that Juergen Pintaske wanted to denounce me on comp.lang.forth,
> > > by saying that I am lying about writing MFX at Testra. Tom Hart totally complied by
> > > providing Juergen Pintaske with support for this attack. All of Juergen Pintaske's
> > > attacks on me over the last four years have been based on him obtaining 100%
> > > support from Tom Hart.
> > > It is very disingenuous for John Hart to now say:
> > > > No one from Testra ever attacked anyone on comp.lang.forth
> > > > or any other news group ever.
> > > Bullshit! You could have ignored Juergen Pintaske. Everybody else in the world does!
> > > Instead you provided Juergen Pintaske with 100% support for attacking me.
> > > Juergen Pintaske is now Testra's mouthpiece, and he has Tom Hart's support in this.
> > > > Not referring to anyone specific, some people not only burn their bridges
> > > > they spend years taking the foundation down to bedrock with a jackhammer
> > > > until no evidence of what they accomplished remains.
> > > It was in the 1990s, less than five years after I left Testra, when I heard John Hart
> > > (possibly Tom Hart doing an impersonation) say on speaker-phone that I had
> > > accomplished "nothing" and that I was not eligible for rehire. Presumably Testra had
> > > been saying this starting immediately after I left Testra but it was a few years later
> > > when I caught them at this. So, it didn't take Tom Hart long to burn his bridge with me,
> > > and jackhammer the foundation, to ensure that no evidence of accomplishment remains.
> > > Tom Hart cares about loyalty! He expects employees to remain employed forever,
> > > never asking for a raise or health insurance or anything else. Loyalty is a one-way street;
> > > Tom Hart has no sense of loyalty to his employees and will attack them in public.
> > >
> > > Why didn't Testra just tell me when I left that leaving was an act of disloyalty
> > > and that I would never get a reference? I made a fool out of myself by going to
> > > job interviews, such as at Lockheed Martin, and saying that I wrote MFX at Testra.
> > > Most likely, Testra wanted me to go to these job interviews and describe MFX,
> > > not for my benefit, but just as an advertisement for Testra's MiniForth processor.
> > > They may have been hoping that Lockheed Martin would buy the MiniForth so
> > > they could become wealthy, but they had no way to get Lockheed Martin's attention.
> > > You can't just show up in the lobby of Lockheed Martin and tell the receptionist:
> > > "Hi! I've got a super-awesome processor! Would you like to buy it?"
> > > They may have believed (correctly) that for me to go to a job interview at
> > > Lockheed Martin and describe MFX would be the only way that Lockheed Martin
> > > would find out about the MiniForth --- but they would pull the rug out from under me
> > > by telling Lockheed Martin that they wrote MFX --- they would explain to
> > > Lockheed Martin that they are geniuses who deserve to get rich!
> > WHAT A MENTAL DESASTER AGAIN.
> >
> > Everybody is a liar - which automatically leads to
> > HUGH AGUILAR IS an AGUILIAR as he is part of everybody.
> > GO BACK TO YOUR CAGE AND BARK OR NOT.
> >
> > Another made up piece of lies - just to make you feel good.
> >
> > I did my job at MPE as consultant,
> > which triggered tmy FORTH BOOKSHELF on amazon
> > https://www.amazon.co.uk/Juergen-Pintaske/e/B00N8HVEZM%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share
> > I convinced Steve to do the 1802 in FPGA and the FIG-Forth that goees with it on github.
> > And he did as well the MISC PROCESSOR I HAD INITIATED in FPGA plus a Forth that goes with it.
> > What have you contributed over the last 30 years
> > - except of often dayly rants and
> > accusations of probably everybody here.
> LIAR LIAR LIAR - YOU ARE DOING WELL.
> To state that my letter to Testra and the kind answer from there was started without reason
> is the biggest lie you ever told.
>
> You have attacked me over the last 10 years for no real reason
> - it is all here on CLF so you can check
> for no real reason.
> So I wondered what Testra would say about you,
> and it ended up in the probably most read post of CLF with about 4400 reads now.
> https://groups.google.com/g/comp.lang.forth/c/wydQr643gX0
> It will be 4444 soon -
> You cannot get closer to fours.
> Have a nice day,
> and May The Fours Be With You.

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