Herodotus frequently makes mention of the religions of the peoples he is describing, but, as far as I can remember, he never makes mention of their language.
Now there’s no doubt that the Greeks, Egyptians, Persians, Scythians et al. spoke different languages (unrelated languages at that), and I’m sure that Herodotus’ audience would have known that, [...]
I’m not the only person who has come to the conclusion that the reason for the Roman Conquest (of Britain) was to gain control of Cornish tin. It’s notable that, once they had beaten the Cornish in a pitched battle, the Romans didn’t bother to advance further, but made a truce which, of course, involved [...]
I’ve comprehensively reworked the package installing code, and I’m now quite satisfied with it. I’ve also made some changes to NaiveXML that I’m quite pleased with.
Looking over my to-do list, I’ve moved over to GST 2.2, and my next step is to port my Gtk+ changes (or do without them - whichever is more convenient). [...]