"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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> Gail Shaw wrote:
>
> >> Hmm. I'm still loving the whole concept of "hey, let's design a brand
> >> new programming language and make it superficially look exactly like an
> >> existing one even though it actually works radically differently..."
> >
> > Whick language are you talking about? C# or Java?
>
> Java was designed to look like C++. (So I'm told.)

Well, yeah. It's a C-like language (as opposed to a pascal-like language or
basic-like language)

In other words, blocks are delimited with {}, semicolons are needed at the
end of lines, the language is case sensitive, data types preceed variable
names and a few other rules

I doubt anyone with more than a passing familiarity with C/C++ and java will
mix them up. (if there's more than a couple lines of code present that it)

Is a good thing, I think. Makes learning the language easier for anyone with
experience with another C-like language as you don't have to worry about the
high-level language structure and can focus on the important stuff.

I'd hate to go back to any form of basic now. I'd be scattering semicolons
and curly brackets all over the place

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Gail Shaw wrote:
> Well, yeah. It's a C-like language (as opposed to a pascal-like language or
> basic-like language)

More specifically, it's a member of the curly-braces family of 
languages. ;-)

-- 
   Darren New / San Diego, CA, USA (PST)
     Remember the good old days, when we
     used to complain about cryptography
     being export-restricted?

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"Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote in message 
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> "Sherry Shaw" <ten### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
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>> Gail Shaw wrote:
>> > "Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
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>> >> It's 9 PM on a Saturday night... and I'm trying to understand what
>> >> "co-recursion" means so I can implement an automated Lambda calculus 
>> >> to
>> >> SKI combinator calculus conversion program...
>> >
>> > At 10PM I was trying to figure out the intricacies of java inner
> classes, so
>> > that I can get multiple event handlers working properly.
>> >
>> Oh, for cryin' out loud!  Get a room, willya?
>>
>> Damn sex-crazed kids...
>>
>> ;)
>
> Hehehe. You way want to let your mind out of the gutter from time to time.
> Is unhealthy down there.
>
> *g*

Maybe...   But it sure is FUN!

 <ggg>

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"Brian Elliott" <NotForSpam@AskIfUWant> wrote in message 
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> "Gail Shaw" <initialsurname@sentech sa dot com> wrote in message 
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>>
>> "Sherry Shaw" <ten### [at] aolcom> wrote in message
>> news:471b884c@news.povray.org...
>>> Gail Shaw wrote:
>>> > "Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message
>>> > news:471a5c02$1@news.povray.org...
>>> >> It's 9 PM on a Saturday night... and I'm trying to understand what
>>> >> "co-recursion" means so I can implement an automated Lambda calculus 
>>> >> to
>>> >> SKI combinator calculus conversion program...
>>> >
>>> > At 10PM I was trying to figure out the intricacies of java inner
>> classes, so
>>> > that I can get multiple event handlers working properly.
>>> >
>>> Oh, for cryin' out loud!  Get a room, willya?
>>>
>>> Damn sex-crazed kids...
>>>
>>> ;)
>>
>> Hehehe. You way want to let your mind out of the gutter from time to 
>> time.
>> Is unhealthy down there.
>>
>> *g*
>
> Maybe...   But it sure is FUN!
>
> <ggg>

Although, until (for instance) Billy Connolly gets willy-rot and it falls 
off from having a dirty mind, I mightn't worry too much about it.  Though at 
age 60, who's to know the difference?

  :-)

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"Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
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> It's 9 PM on a Saturday night... and I'm trying to understand what 
> "co-recursion" means so I can implement an automated Lambda calculus to 
> SKI combinator calculus conversion program...

Bah.  Not remotely near the fun-level of Lambada Calculus.

<loses interest>

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Brian Elliott wrote:
> "Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
> news:471a5c02$1@news.povray.org...
>> It's 9 PM on a Saturday night... and I'm trying to understand what 
>> "co-recursion" means so I can implement an automated Lambda calculus 
>> to SKI combinator calculus conversion program...
> 
> Bah.  Not remotely near the fun-level of Lambada Calculus.
> 
> <loses interest>

How about Drinking Lambda Calculus?


PS unless your 'Lambada Calculus' (sic) was a subconscious slip of some kind

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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message 
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> Brian Elliott wrote:
>> "Orchid XP v7" <voi### [at] devnull> wrote in message 
>> news:471a5c02$1@news.povray.org...
>>> It's 9 PM on a Saturday night... and I'm trying to understand what 
>>> "co-recursion" means so I can implement an automated Lambda calculus to 
>>> SKI combinator calculus conversion program...
>>
>> Bah.  Not remotely near the fun-level of Lambada Calculus.
>>
>> <loses interest>
>
> How about Drinking Lambda Calculus?

Que?

> PS unless your 'Lambada Calculus' (sic) was a subconscious slip of some 
> kind

Oh, perfectly intentional. meu amigo bom.  Lambada Calculus requires:
Yourself.
Partner.
Hot music (eg. "Chorando Se Foi")
Space to dance.

As you plan the motion of heavenly bodies, think Integration, not 
Differentiation.

  :-)

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