James,
On 08/07/2013 05:36 PM, James Stroud wrote:
Anyone can learn Python in an hour and a half.
Isn't this a bit of an exaggeration? Python is designed to be easy to
learn, but we probably talking about different definitions of "learning"
and "anyone".
I.e. programs would look like this
---
GRAB protein FROM FILE "best_model_ever.cif";
SELECT CHAIN A FROM protein AS chA;
SET chA BFACTORS TO 30.0;
GRAB data FROM FILE "best_data_ever.cif";
BIND protein TO data;
REFINE protein USING BUSTER WITH TLS+ANISO;
DROP protein INTO FILE "better_model_yet.cif";
---
Not necessarily a bad idea but now through the fog of time I remember something oddly
reminiscent... ah, CNS! (for those googling for it it's not the "central nervous
system" :).
Although a little too much like natural language, it is not a bad idea. But,
where is the link describing the layer of CNS that looks like that?
I should probably use <tongue-in-cheek></tongue-in-check> markup next
time to prevent my poor attempt at humorous tribute to CNS from being
understood so literally. At the very least you might agree that CNS is
the closest thing we ever had to MX-oriented general purpose
interpreter. Your quote is also from
"below-the-magic-line-do-not-change" area of a CNS script.
Cheers,
Ed.
--
Oh, suddenly throwing a giraffe into a volcano to make water is crazy?
Julian, King of Lemurs
