Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-08 Thread Geoff Canyon
I don't have much experience with the site, but what I've seen seems more friendly than contentious. The goal seems to be the exchange of information, to help people learn about the different languages. With the new language features coming in LiveCode, I think it provides a rich template for

Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-07 Thread Richmond
On 08/07/13 09:30, Scott Rossi wrote: OK, just so I'm clear, thoughŠ I thought part of the bragging rights of these things was to execute the task in as few lines as possible, regardless of readability. Looking through the various entries (including the entry you posted), everything looks fairl

Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-07 Thread Scott Rossi
OK, just so I'm clear, thoughŠ I thought part of the bragging rights of these things was to execute the task in as few lines as possible, regardless of readability. Looking through the various entries (including the entry you posted), everything looks fairly well formatted/readable. So on this si

Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-07 Thread Geoff Canyon
Thanks for contributing! Hopefully I don't come off quite that harsh... In any case, there doesn't seem to be a better way to add a new entry than: 1. Go to the page for 99 bottles. 2. Click the entry for the language before LiveCode alphabetically -- Liberty BASIC in this case. 3. Edit that entr

Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-07 Thread Scott Rossi
Hi Geoff: I tried to follow your instructions but can't figure out where/how to submit a solution. Went to the 99 Bottles task but don't see LiveCode or Revolution listed in the available languages. So I'll post my function here, wait for you to rip it apart and explain how a regex solution would

Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-07 Thread Geoff Canyon
Well, I moved the Revolution information to http://rosettacode.org/wiki/LiveCode, rewrote some of it for accuracy, put in a redirect on the revolution page to the livecode page, and added a handful of solutions. Anyone is welcome to contribute -- the page of tasks not yet implemented is at: http://

Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-05 Thread Richmond
On 07/06/2013 02:06 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Geoff- ...but to see something *really* dismal, check out http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:XTalk "Rarely used today, its modern descendant is AppleScript ." Really? That sounds very odd indeed, mislead

Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-05 Thread Richmond
On 07/06/2013 02:02 AM, Mark Wieder wrote: Geoff- Friday, July 5, 2013, 2:05:58 PM, you wrote: http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Revolution "This page was last modified on 7 December 2009"... That, me dears, is fairly obvious, as the 'thing' is still called 'Revolution' and it says th

Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-05 Thread Mark Wieder
Geoff- Friday, July 5, 2013, 2:05:58 PM, you wrote: > http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:Revolution "This page was last modified on 7 December 2009"... -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runre

Re: RosettaCode

2013-07-05 Thread Mark Wieder
Geoff- ...but to see something *really* dismal, check out http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Category:XTalk -- -Mark Wieder mwie...@ahsoftware.net ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe