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Jim Henderson escribió:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:26 -0500, Warp wrote:
>> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>>> I spent several hours implementing a piece of technology
>> It sounded to me like you reinvented prolog...
>
> Sometimes, reimplementing something is the best way to learn - even if
> you didn't know it existed before.
Yeah, like how VirtualDub author wrote a PNG encoder *and* a deflate
compressor instead of using libpng and zlib just to learn about it.
"It was quite an educational experience to write a fast sliding window
compressor."
Oh, and to cut on library dependencies too :)
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:35:03 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Jim Henderson escribió:
>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:48:26 -0500, Warp wrote:
>>> Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>>>> I spent several hours implementing a piece of technology
>>> It sounded to me like you reinvented prolog...
>>
>> Sometimes, reimplementing something is the best way to learn - even if
>> you didn't know it existed before.
>
> Yeah, like how VirtualDub author wrote a PNG encoder *and* a deflate
> compressor instead of using libpng and zlib just to learn about it.
Yup. :-)
> "It was quite an educational experience to write a fast sliding window
> compressor."
That sort of thing usually is. Especially if implemented from scratch.
> Oh, and to cut on library dependencies too :)
That'd be another benefit. :-)
Jim
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Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
> Oh, and to cut on library dependencies too :)
That can be achieved with static linking too...
--
- Warp
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:25:05 +0000, St. wrote:
> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
> news:47eac921$1@news.povray.org...
>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:03:54 +0000, St. wrote:
>>
>>> "Jim Henderson" <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote in message
>>> news:47eabf74$1@news.povray.org...
>>>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:24:30 -0500, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> twaking
>>>>
>>>> s/twaking/tweaking/
>>>>
>>>> McKean's law strikes again.....
>>>
>>> No, "Sods Law" will suffice... ;)
>>
>> Well, maybe, but McKean's law is much more apropos to the situation,
>> no?
>
> True, true. But Sod's Law will always sneak in there at some point,
> so
> it's got to be relevant. I mean, at some stage when I'm composing an
> email or a reply post in OE and I type the word 'the', it will get
> repeated twice in a sentence - but I *know* I only typed the word once
> once once. (Joking. :) What a weird word 'once' is).
Language is a funny thing. I heard the construct "is was" the other
day. The context was "the question is was this the question?" (not
exactly, but in that structure). Funny to listen to....
> Sods Law. Otherwise, something weird is going on. :oO
LOL!
Jim
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:46:36 -0500, Warp wrote:
> Nicolas Alvarez <nic### [at] gmailisthebestcom> wrote:
>> Oh, and to cut on library dependencies too :)
>
> That can be achieved with static linking too...
That's no fun....
Jim
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Jim Henderson escribió:
> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:46:36 -0500, Warp wrote:
>> That can be achieved with static linking too...
>
> That's no fun....
For some libraries, and some definitions of "fun", it is. :/
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Warp wrote:
> It sounded to me like you reinvented prolog...
Probably, yes. Although I suspect what I just implemented probably isn't
nearly as sophisticated as Prolog...
I do, however, find it rather impressive that it was written by *me* and
yet it *works*. ;-)
--
http://blog.orphi.me.uk/
http://www.zazzle.com/MathematicalOrchid*
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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:04:48 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:
> Jim Henderson escribió:
>> On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 17:46:36 -0500, Warp wrote:
>>> That can be achieved with static linking too...
>>
>> That's no fun....
>
> For some libraries, and some definitions of "fun", it is. :/
Well, that's true....<G>
Jim
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Jim Henderson wrote:
> Language is a funny thing. I heard the construct "is was" the other
> day. The context was "the question is was this the question?" (not
> exactly, but in that structure). Funny to listen to....
This is unstructured grammar. You need to implement the structured /
modular paradigm in order to improve legibility, efficacy, and general
communicative success :)
In other words, "The question is, 'was this a question?'"
--
...Ben Chambers
www.pacificwebguy.com
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Orchid XP v7 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> I do, however, find it rather impressive that it was written by *me* and
> yet it *works*. ;-)
Does that mean that usually when you write software it doesn't work?
--
- Warp
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