Dear group, Hi. I need to know a couple of things about SNOBOL4+ I/O. Is it possible to open communications to the IBM COM: ports, and, if so, what is the...
BeamTuner@...
Mar 3, 2000 8:02 pm
2747
... Yes. It is, strictly speaking, possible. ... You basically open "COM1", "COM2", etc as a file. ... duplicate in SNOBOL4+, if possible. (It's part of a...
gep2@...
Mar 4, 2000 7:58 am
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- Off-topic Self-protection Waiver ================================ This is posted only as a "future_directions" implementation pointer, for languages with...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Mar 4, 2000 3:16 pm
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- This is just fyi and no further comments are expected. The newest version of SnagIt, 5.0, includes a useful "text_block_capture" feature. This feature may...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Mar 4, 2000 5:25 pm
2750
- This is fyi-only, not to start a thread or further postings. Building and parsing XML is more complex than HTML, with lots to learn. While S4 is an ideal...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Mar 4, 2000 5:50 pm
2751
- This is intended to provide information on MS's VB7 OO terminology, not to start a new thread nor to annoy others into responding. The forthcoming VB7 will...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Mar 4, 2000 6:02 pm
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- ... Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 15:05:07 -0500 From: *** To: Mike Radow <mradow@...> Subject: Re: New XML magazine : free subscription Dear Mike, ... I...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Mar 4, 2000 9:11 pm
2753
After setting up some external functions to use, I tried to LOAD them and received error 142 -- LOAD not implemented -- and then looked longingly at the list...
John H. Lindsay
eil@...
Mar 7, 2000 12:42 pm
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rz ** ... -Mark Laster mlaster@... Bowie, MD...
Mark Laster
mlaster@...
Mar 7, 2000 8:40 pm
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Degrees of Separation, and Goodness of Fit A few short decades ago, I did a little reading about Sociograms and Cluster Analysis, which under some...
Mark Laster
mlaster@...
Mar 7, 2000 8:53 pm
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I hadn't intended to resend all of Mike's message, but my fingers slipped. There's a wealth of good stuff there, though. -Mark Laster...
Mark Laster
mlaster@...
Mar 7, 2000 9:09 pm
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... So what IS the pricepoint for this intriguing part? Gordon Peterson http://web2.airmail.net/gep2/ Support the Anti-SPAM Amendment! Join at...
gep2@...
Mar 8, 2000 8:50 am
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Hello SNOBOL 4 folks: I made this same offer a couple of years ago before I retired, but then I was suffering from a virus that laid me low but not out for...
John H. Lindsay
eil@...
Mar 8, 2000 8:08 pm
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Sounds like a great collection of stuff! While I'd love to have it, I don't really need it... I think I've got most of that stuff here (somewhere) already....
gep2@...
Mar 8, 2000 9:23 pm
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Hello, If you're interested in splitting your goodies up then I'd be happy to make an offer for "The Macro Implementation of SNOBOL 4", it's a book I've been ...
Martin Waller
Martin.Waller@...
Mar 9, 2000 9:42 am
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It was there the last time I looked. I built a B-trieve interface package on top of it. What version number are you using (or EXE date)? (Sorry for the delay...
Mark Emmer
marke@...
Mar 14, 2000 6:46 am
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Dear Mark, Thanks for the reply. The date on my Spitbol.exe is 1993 01 19. The READ.ME file says .... "Changes in Version 1.27" ..... ... -- John H. Lindsay,...
John H. Lindsay
eil@...
Mar 18, 2000 2:51 am
2763
If you've wanted for a long time to use SNOBOL4/SPITBOL to access and manipulate files on the Internet in an automatic/unattended way, I'm finding CURL to be ...
gep2@...
Mar 18, 2000 10:02 pm
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- Gordon: Thanks for this helpful idea & program. A few alternate words...: On Sat, 18 Mar 2000 gep2@... wrote: ...snipped... - ... .. ... .. ... - ...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Mar 19, 2000 5:27 am
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... . ... . ... shareware.com , tucows.com , etc. and have been for many years. Yes, but most of those are WinApps which you have to point-and-click your way ...
gep2@...
Mar 19, 2000 8:46 am
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... Windows ... processing ... Not to get caught up in COM wars, but I find this statement extremely puzzling. How can you find FoxPro for DOS particularly...
Gregg Ney
gney@...
Mar 19, 2000 6:31 pm
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... DOS!) and Telix (for DOS! The Windows version simply is not stable or reliable) for their core back-end processing procedures. ... puzzling. How can you...
gep2@...
Mar 19, 2000 7:03 pm
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... in a ... Well, we got a lot of Phar Lap errors, and if memory serves, that was Fox's choice for EMM before the evil empire snatched the company up. You...
Gregg Ney
gney@...
Mar 20, 2000 12:16 am
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... in a Windows 95/98 environment, which already provides those services. ... choice for EMM before the evil empire snatched the company up. Dunno. But I...
gep2@...
Mar 20, 2000 1:49 am
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- NOTE: This posting is _solely_ directed to readers who are currently using S4 to "automatically" build HTML pages _and_ who would like to experiment doing...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Mar 21, 2000 5:22 am
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Mike, You might want to check out the utf.sno I did as a demo once and included in my SNOBOL4 distribution. I worked on updating it to UTF-8 and some time...
Phil Budne
phil@...
Mar 22, 2000 2:22 am
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- In response to numerous direct_mail questions about: UTF-8 / UTF-16 compression -and- how to "correctly" use 16-bit characters in XML, there are two very...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Mar 22, 2000 10:36 pm
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- ? Do faster computers promote sloppy practice ? : A new thread... Will we see the reckless use of ARB? It seems to be getting easier; examples: #1. ... A...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Mar 25, 2000 5:43 pm
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... HOLY MACKEREL! -ron...
Ron Stephens
stephens@...
Mar 25, 2000 5:57 pm
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I think the societal "tone" of the 1960's and '70's, i.e., the emphasis on individuality (with the attitude of programmer-as-God), coupled with insufficient...