看来要......
What happened to Tiny Hexer?
Time goes by and things change...
After 25 years of hobbyist programming I lost my interest in that hobby, that's all. Programming was just a very long-lasting hobby of mine. You probably never ask strangers why they lose interest in bowling or collecting stamps, do you? So just please don't ask me why I lost interest in this hobby, it just happened. I think I owe you nothing (well, not even this statement) for giving up Tiny Hexer and programming at all as you never had to pay anything to be able to use my routines and programs... And you know: You always get what you've paid for... ;-)
Q: Why such an abrupt change of mind?
A: Well, it wasn't that abrupt. I was thinking about retiring from programming for the last two years. I personally have little needs for an hex editor today, and so it was less and less fun to continue. And what is an hobby without fun? Right, it's bullshit...
Q: Will you eventually release an Open Source version of Tiny Hexer?
A: No, I will not for different reasons: Tiny Hexer uses some routines I purchased (Purchased??? Yes, why not? Don't you buy stamps if you collect them?) and which cannot be published as OS. So I would have to remove that code from Tiny Hexer, which means programming again... *yuck*. Another reason is: Tiny Hexer growed over nearly eleven years, and as I was an hobbyist, not a professional programmer, it's coded quite chaotic and also little documented. That would lead to lots of questions which I'm not willing to answer... |
