Gentlepersons, My thanks to those who posted such interesting responses to the problem I posed. It is always instructive to see how the masters construct their...
Paul Kilpatrick
paul.kilpatrick@...
Jun 1, 2000 5:30 pm
3281
... One of the fascinating things about SNOBOL is the fact that there are often so many different approaches to solving a given problem, and the insights into...
gep2@...
Jun 1, 2000 8:17 pm
3282
On Wed, 31 May 2000, somebody (quoted my MarkL) wrote: ...snipped... ... - Gates' contributions seemingly began after his marriage, when profiles showed his...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jun 1, 2000 9:23 pm
3283
- Scope: The contents and insights in this XML / C++ article are highly transferable and useful in using S4 with XML. The reader will need to be familiar with...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jun 2, 2000 12:32 am
3284
... [text deleted...] ... [text deleted...] ... The author of the article refers (twice) to "Data Type Definition" instead of "Document Type Definition" -- a...
Ernest G. Allen
ernestgallen@...
Jun 2, 2000 4:31 am
3285
Intriguing comment I heard being speculated about on the BBC this evening... there are rumors afoot that Microsoft has been approached by the government of...
gep2@...
Jun 2, 2000 9:24 am
3286
Why not move MS to Cuba?! THAT would be innovative, and he could claim to be a political refugee. -Mark Laster...
Mark Laster
mlaster@...
Jun 2, 2000 11:48 am
3287
... That would give them the opportunity to _really_ raise cane......
Gregg Ney
gney@...
Jun 2, 2000 2:38 pm
3288
XML is certainly a workable-enough scheme for passing self-identified data. The biggest thing that's probably off-putting about it is that it's very...
gep2@...
Jun 2, 2000 5:26 pm
3289
- Ernest: Nice post! ...and...: On Thu, 1 Jun 2000, Ernest G. Allen wrote: ...snipped... ... - There's been lots written about XML and DTDs. However, this is...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jun 2, 2000 8:02 pm
3290
- Scope: Of course, SNOBOL is highly-suited for programmactically assemblying HTML and XML pages. + We have found that S4 is _especially_ helpful in...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jun 3, 2000 4:10 pm
3291
- In the Fri, 2 Jun 2000 post to this threard, "I had a wish"...: "...A parallel treatment on XML with XSL would be helpful & welcomed." The goal -- as with...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jun 6, 2000 8:27 pm
3292
- I recently posted URLs for information on the ISO/ICE/IETF/W3 standard, called "ICE" and the MS parvenu, called "SOAP". Here, the S4-relevant scoping was the...
... I haven't posted anything about XSL because I'm not that impressed by it. DSSSL, specifically Jade, is much better suited for the tasks I need to...
Ernest G. Allen
ernestgallen@...
Jun 7, 2000 8:45 am
3296
... <carefully keeping the flamethrower set only on "stun"...> A person who REALLY wants to be good to their employer will recognize that they would do FAR...
gep2@...
Jun 7, 2000 2:14 pm
3297
- The DirectX API is a pain to use. The URL below is an article showing how to use DirectX_v.7 with VB ... and with less "writer's pain". The explanation, code...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jun 8, 2000 7:27 pm
3298
Hi Mike, Correction to the title (or Corollary Title): "Using DirectX_v.7 : A good lesson in enablement" You sure have varied interests. Abt. 3 yrs ago a very...
Larry Pfeffer
lpfeffer@...
Jun 9, 2000 10:27 pm
3299
- Thanks Larry.! ...and...: On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Larry Pfeffer wrote: ...snipped... ... - Naw, just a "garbage_can" mind, with 2 consistent quests...: 1....
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jun 10, 2000 2:55 pm
3300
Thanks Mike! ... At 09:55 AM 6/10/00 -0500, Mike Radow wrote: <snip> ... Amazing how all innovation leads back to the GB (Green Book), the GBP (Green Bar...
Larry Pfeffer
lpfeffer@...
Jun 10, 2000 7:17 pm
3301
... (Green Bar Paper), the ECPC (Eighty Column Punched Card) and the TSIS (Three Sixty Instruction Set). The saying "Nothing is new under the sun" seems to...
gep2@...
Jun 11, 2000 8:46 pm
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Considering Gordon's last statement... I wonder how many recognize "CA-ACM"? -rbw-...
Bob Watkins
rbw@...
Jun 11, 2000 9:35 pm
3303
Gordon, ... I was kidding - somewhat amused that many on this mailing list feel that innovation/invention ended with the GB, GBP, ECPC TSIS ... (see above)....
Larry Pfeffer
lpfeffer@...
Jun 11, 2000 10:19 pm
3304
- RealNetworks "NetZip" is neat, as <<Download_Demon>> lets you run, stop, and later pick-up/continue file downloads. It also turns out to be _very_...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jun 16, 2000 5:24 pm
3305
Mike: What in the HELL is wrong with these people?? EVERY, and I haven't found an exception yet, EVERY download manager does this stupid cr*p. They install...
Ron Stephens
stephens@...
Jun 16, 2000 10:40 pm
3306
Some interesting post-Green Book challenges for massive**massive (,massive to power massive) parallel pattern based paradigms/programming frameworks just a bit...
Larry Pfeffer
lpfeffer@...
Jun 16, 2000 11:34 pm
3307
Of course, one doesn't HAVE to create a completely distinct paradigm in order to gain hugely from massively parallel "computing" and "pattern matching" using...
gep2@...
Jun 17, 2000 12:29 am
3308
... I think that it's intelligent and prudent to AUTOMATICALLY presume that any Web site where DoubleClick is involved is defacto disreputable, and that one...
gep2@...
Jun 17, 2000 12:34 am
3309
It sounds to me like RealNetworks is trying REALLY HARD to commit Internet suicide. Gordon Peterson http://web2.airmail.net/gep2/ Support the Anti-SPAM...