cyg/lib DLL naming

Dave Korn dave.korn@artimi.com
Fri Jun 17 09:58:00 GMT 2005


----Original Message----
>From: Igor Pechtchanski
>Sent: 17 June 2005 04:30

> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005, Charles Wilson wrote:
> 
>> Dave Korn wrote:
>> 
>>>   OK, I'm all for Igor getting away in time, but giving them
>>> parachutes does spoil that lovely SPLATTTTT sound they usually make
>>> when they hit the ground!  Can you strap tape-recorders to their backs
>>> so that we can still have sound-effects?
>> 
>> No no no.  Hippos do not go SPLATTTTT.  It's whales that go SPLATTTT (a
>> "sudden wet thud" cf. Chp. 18)  Didn't you ever read The Hitchhiker's
>> Guide to the Galaxy?
> 
> Ok, ok, whales go SPLATTTT.  Hippos go SPLATTT. :-)
> 	Igor


  No, whales go KERRRRRRRSQUELCHSLOSHSPPLATTTTTTTT.

  Whereas with hippos it's more of a WHEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeBOOOOOMTHUDSPLATTT.





  I hope this helps clear matters up.

    cheers,
      DaveK


P.S.  By the time you can hear the 'WHEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeee', it's already too
late to duck.
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