LISP Commands
Free Samples–
by: Paul Li
The Halloween Edition W
TRICK OR TREAT
hen I immigrated as a nine-yearold kid to the United States, I was introduced to an event which I’ve never experienced before. As the sun was about to set on October 31st, kids from various neighborhoods would dress up, wear funny costumes, stroll from house to house carrying a small bucket, and ring strangers’ doorbells. Surprisingly, they would be greeted with smiles as screams of “Trick or Treat” rang out. Then free candies would just drop into their buckets with no questions asked. I learned very quickly that this is a very welcomed
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holiday celebrated annually both in the United States and in many other countries as well. Looks like kids just like adults love getting free stuff.
FREE STUFF
As I mentioned in my February article on “Free Samples”, AutoCAD since version 2.6 has always been packaged with “free stuff.” Again, what I’m referring to are all the open source lisp files that come with AutoCAD. Since I discussed only four of these last time barely scratching the tip of the iceberg, it’s a no brainer to do follow-up articles exploring more freebies. augi.com