Anyway, from my recollection, it was a case of me wanting to produce a C++ API/wrapper around the C API, and realising that the extant documentation wasn't quite sufficient for me to do so (to fully grok what went on underneath the C API enough to produce a C++ wrapper). Therefore, producing a more thorough technical reference manual seemed to me to kill 2 birds: I'd obtain a sufficient understanding, and so would the customers. Thus although Jez was right that the manual came first, the process of producing a more thorough TRM gave rise to Sam's observations.

Long time! Maybe we should wait until Dan back over, get the old gang together, and see if we can finally agree on a restaurant.

Well, if the restaurant is in France, that's a possibility. ;-)

I still remember winning the 'Bog Roll d'Or' for being last man standing in the Phall eating competition.

Oh, and the Yaohan Plaza (aka Oriental City, Hendon).