Invisible wrote:
> Well that's just it. Is it that you couldn't do this stuff? Or just that 
> you can't be bothered to do it?

Let's see...
> - Built a recursive Turtle-style fractal plotter.

I could do that.

> - Built a Lambda calculus interpretter.

I could probably do that really inefficiently, if I first sat down and 
learned Lambda calculus.

> - Built a mini-Mathematica engine.

I could probably do that with a whole bunch of work and learning, depending 
on what you mean, as long as the actual mathematical notation didn't get in 
the way.

> - Built a modular software sound synthesizer.

I have no idea how to do that. I've never done anything with sound, and 
barely have used Fourier transforms on visual data.

(Did you see the virtual beat-box one in Haskell?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qeks3mPvlGU )

> - Built a collection of data compression modules.

I could probably do that with good explanations of how the compression 
works. I probably couldn't invent any kind of useful compression algorithm. 
Assuming you mean lossless compression.

> - Built a mini-Prolog interpretter.

I barely remember how a prolog interpreter works, let alone how to code one. 
I think I did a unification engine back in college for a class assignment, tho.

> - Built a simple ray tracer.

Other than knowing where to get the tutorials? I could probably spend a day 
tracking down the math to eventually get something coming out. Anything 
sophisticated? Probably not worth the effort, but I could probably learn to 
do it.


So there you go. Mandelbrot and Turtle fractals are about the only thing on 
your list I could do off the top of my head without sitting down for a day 
or more to learn what I need to know. I don't think there's anything on your 
list I *couldn't* do. You just wouldn't want to pay me to learn it first, 
given folks like you are looking for jobs. :-)

-- 
   Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Insanity is a small city on the western
   border of the State of Mind.

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