On Aug 22, 2016, at 3:16 PM, Mike Kerner wrote:
> And long live synonyms. And beginning sentences or sentence fragments with
> conjunctions.
"This is the sort of English up with which I shall not put." -- Winston
Churchill
-- Peter
Peter M. Brigham
pmb...@gmail.com
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It's interesting that a hit game "Human Resource Machine" is essentially
teaching players to program in a type of assembly language.
On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:34 AM, Richmond
wrote:
> Really; that's nothing; we used to program with lumps of brown, squidgy
> stuff we fished
> out of the open sewe
Really; that's nothing; we used to program with lumps of brown, squidgy
stuff we fished
out of the open sewers.
Of course this probably says a lot about the standard of my coding . . .
R.
On 24.08.2016 01:40, Devin Asay wrote:
On Aug 23, 2016, at 3:27 PM, stephen barncard
wrote:
Imagine wr
> On Aug 23, 2016, at 3:27 PM, stephen barncard
> wrote:
>
> Imagine writing a Z80 disassembler in a 6502 assembler.
> On Aug 23, 2016, at 11:49 AM, Colin Holgate wrote:
>
> I did once have to program a machine using toggle switches. But that was as
> part of a computer course in 1982, long
Imagine writing a Z80 disassembler in a 6502 assembler.
Stephen Barncard - Sebastopol Ca. USA -
mixstream.org
>
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-Original Message-
From: stephen barncard
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 12:34 pm
Subject: Re: Strict is in; lax is out
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Richmond
wrote:
C "is the mother of all languages": I assume you are being extremely
coarse,
e lamps (this was before
LED's).
Craig
-Original Message-
From: stephen barncard
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 12:34 pm
Subject: Re: Strict is in; lax is out
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Richmond
wrote:
C "is the mother of all languages"
Holereth my ass.
>>>> I have not found an assembly language that I didn't like. On some
>>>> processors, it's like writing in a high-level language.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 1:27 PM, wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I miss eight toggle switches with eig
x27;s like writing in a high-level language.
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 1:27 PM, wrote:
I miss eight toggle switches with eight little lamps (this was before
LED's).
Craig
-Original Message-
From: stephen barncard
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 12:34 pm
Subje
>Mike Kerner wrote:
>On some processors, it's like writing in a high-level language.
Like Vaxs(before Alpha risc). There are 15 addressing modes(like register
auto increment) and instructions like Polynomial Evaluation and CRC.
By the way I maintain an old VMS system for a customer that has bee
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 1:27 PM, wrote:
> >
> >> I miss eight toggle switches with eight little lamps (this was before
> >> LED's).
> >>
> >>
> >> Craig
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -Original Message-
>
(this was before
>> LED's).
>>
>>
>> Craig
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: stephen barncard
>> To: How to use LiveCode
>> Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 12:34 pm
>> Subject: Re: Strict is in; lax is out
>>
>> On Tue
;> I miss eight toggle switches with eight little lamps (this was before
>>> LED's).
>>>
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: stephen barncard
>>> To: How to use LiveCode
23, 2016 at 1:27 PM, wrote:
I miss eight toggle switches with eight little lamps (this was before
LED's).
Craig
-Original Message-
From: stephen barncard
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 12:34 pm
Subject: Re: Strict is in; lax is out
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:41 A
Well, I've forgotten more Zilog than young I have eaten.
Do I regret forgetting it? Do I feel a great sense of loss?
Not a bit of it: in fact I was "born again" through xTalk languages.
Richmond "Dvija Bandhu" Mathewson.
On 23.08.2016 19:34, stephen barncard wrote:
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:
little lamps (this was before
> LED's).
>
>
> Craig
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: stephen barncard
> To: How to use LiveCode
> Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 12:34 pm
> Subject: Re: Strict is in; lax is out
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:41 A
I miss eight toggle switches with eight little lamps (this was before LED's).
Craig
-Original Message-
From: stephen barncard
To: How to use LiveCode
Sent: Tue, Aug 23, 2016 12:34 pm
Subject: Re: Strict is in; lax is out
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Richmond
wrote:
&g
On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Richmond
wrote:
> C "is the mother of all languages": I assume you are being extremely
> coarse,
>
> because C is not the "Mummy" of all languages.
>
the most granular of all computer languages are the hex opcodes that drive
your favorite processor of choice...
C "is the mother of all languages": I assume you are being extremely coarse,
because C is not the "Mummy" of all languages.
Richmond.
On 23.08.2016 17:57, Bob Sneidar wrote:
Err... Wh???
Bob S
On Aug 22, 2016, at 21:21 , Erik Beugelaar
mailto:beugel...@solidit.nl>> wrote:
Shortly, In
Err... Wh???
Bob S
On Aug 22, 2016, at 21:21 , Erik Beugelaar
mailto:beugel...@solidit.nl>> wrote:
Shortly, In my opinion you should always have a good knowledge of C (strict
typed) because it is the mother of all languages
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On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 2:22 AM, Sannyasin Brahmanathaswami <
bra...@hindu.org> wrote:
> m...@jerrydaniels.com> wrote:
>
> Exactly, Mike. I remembered the exclamation mark. But I was exercising
> my laxness.
>
> LOL (good one…)
>
> We live in laxness land (Hawaii) and my
m...@jerrydaniels.com> wrote:
Exactly, Mike. I remembered the exclamation mark. But I was exercising my
laxness.
LOL (good one…)
We live in laxness land (Hawaii) and my coding is even more lax. (always in
need of optimization…) I can't even get myself to turn on explicitVars.
But I am su
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Subject: Re: Strict is in; lax is out
Exactly, Mike. I remembered the exclamation mark. But I was exercising my
laxness.
On Aug 22, 2016, 3:36 PM -0500, Mike Kerner ,
wrote:
> I was going to mention CompileIt! and Double-XX!, as well (you forgot
> the excla
Exactly, Mike. I remembered the exclamation mark. But I was exercising my
laxness.
On Aug 22, 2016, 3:36 PM -0500, Mike Kerner , wrote:
> I was going to mention CompileIt! and Double-XX!, as well (you forgot the
> exclamation points). I wasn't overjoyed with the restrictions, but I was
> at not h
I was going to mention CompileIt! and Double-XX!, as well (you forgot the
exclamation points). I wasn't overjoyed with the restrictions, but I was
at not having to use Think C to make externals, any more.
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 4:30 PM, wrote:
> With builder the LC platform is becoming almost
With builder the LC platform is becoming almost like a meta OS. Before it was
great at the high an mid level. Now we get lower level and extensibility.
I felt the same way when CompileIt came along for HyperCard. Like then, I have
no interest in foregoing LC scripting.
On Aug 22, 2016, 3:21 PM
Richmond wrote:
> language: something that Livecode has inherited. Please do not chuck
> that out.
Nothing to worry about, Richmond. LiveCode Script and LiveCode Builder
are different languages for different purposes.
As an extensibility subsystem, LC Builder benefits from being more
restri
What I like about Livecode is that it has a multiplicity of ways of
achieving things.
I have just rescued my BBC Master Compact from Scotland and bought a
cable that connects its video-out to a SCART socket: I had forgotten
about the 'LET' statement . . .
I feel that strict variable declarat
> "LCB is less bad than most other languages"
lol
On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 3:16 PM, Mike Kerner
wrote:
> I can't stand strict. That's part of the reason why I choose to use LC
> instead of C. I would rather have to find and fix typos in variable names
> than have to coerce type changes when I
ing work.
>
> On Aug 22, 2016, 12:39 PM -0500, dunb...@aol.com, wrote:
> > Everything you say is true, modern and relevant.
> >
> >
> > That said, long live lax.
> >
> >
> > Craig Newman
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-
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> From: me To: LiveCode List Sent: Mon, Aug 22, 2016 12:34 pm
> Subject: Strict is in; lax is out
>
> With the advent of LCB, 'strict' is becoming the watchword in the v8 era. I
> applaud this new direction. Yes, there's short term discomfort
Everything you say is true, modern and relevant.
That said, long live lax.
Craig Newman
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From: me
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Sent: Mon, Aug 22, 2016 12:34 pm
Subject: Strict is in; lax is out
With the advent of LCB, 'strict' is becoming the watchword in the
With the advent of LCB, 'strict' is becoming the watchword in the v8 era. I
applaud this new direction. Yes, there's short term discomfort with LCB
(learning curve), but in the near-to-long term I believe there will be huge
dividends paid to developers with high performance, low maintenance apps
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