Greetings from a new user of varaq. This language interested me, and I needed to learn perl to get some work done for my company, so I'm taking a swing at perl...
jde@...
Jul 19, 2001 4:38 pm
192
... I do think we're generally agreed that the var'aq interpreter is stylistically not optimal. It will likely help you produce Perl code that works, but I...
j proctor
jproctor@...
Jul 19, 2001 4:53 pm
193
I will start making a habit of issuing programming challenges to generate sample code for var'aq. The first challenge: a var'aq quine. Real simple: create a...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 19, 2001 5:20 pm
194
The big architectural changes in the interpreter are a ways off, but right now I have decided that the next version of var'aq will have a unified interpreter ...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 23, 2001 3:15 pm
195
So... this is what I personally want to do with var'aq in the near future. -The addition of list support includes a couple of new operators that will be added...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 24, 2001 5:09 pm
196
Posted to the list in case Chris or someone else might have some insight... ... Yes. I tested it and this is correct. ... The way you've got it written here,...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 26, 2001 12:00 am
197
Ach, posted too soon... I have dishonored myself... ... For a completely different reason than the one I just posted. From the look of it the interpreter is...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 26, 2001 12:09 am
198
I'm in the process of adding a couple of list functions to the standard and I can't seem to find either of my copies of the Klingon dictionary. Would anyone...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 26, 2001 3:43 pm
199
The next reference release will be "martoq" and will probably be available mid-August. I expect it to include the following: -Jeff's enhanced list support ...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 26, 2001 3:45 pm
200
It appears that execblock() needs a "my $i" so that it's counter isn't reset when it calls recursive blocks. Brian, I am sending you another copy of my...
Jeff Evarts
riventree@...
Jul 28, 2001 6:57 pm
201
Looks like I named the function "empty" instead of "empty?". Sorry. -Jeff -- -Jeff Evarts --riventree@......
Jeff Evarts
riventree@...
Jul 28, 2001 7:05 pm
202
A long time ago I wrote part of a storyline about a Klingon hacker; I haven't published it here yet, but I'd like to get some ideas of what Klingon hackerdom ...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 29, 2001 4:04 pm
203
... Although not a serious Klingon enthusiast, I am a good programmer, a student of the sword, and believe I understand the concept of a warrior culture. Given...
G. Wade Johnson
gwadej@...
Jul 29, 2001 4:56 pm
204
... http://www.geocities.com/connorbd/varaq/proposals/vqstyle.html ... Oh, no need to worry about that. ... I think a certain amount of virtuosity with...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 30, 2001 7:53 pm
205
http://www.geocities.com/connorbd/varaq/varaq-engl-list.pl This is the first version of the interpreter that will be the core of the martoq release, scheduled...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 31, 2001 12:45 am
206
Meant freshmeat, sorry... I would like to know if there's any interest in opening a Sourceforge site, though. /Brian ===== -- ...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 31, 2001 12:47 am
207
... Can't hurt. I always prefer cvs checkout to FTP anyway. ... -- Pardon me, but you have obviously mistaken me for someone who gives a damn. email...
John Galt
galt@...
Jul 31, 2001 12:55 am
208
... I probably will give it some thought, then. The only issue here is that I'm actually going to need to learn my way around, but... Look at the situation...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 31, 2001 2:13 am
209
First, some credits: martoq will include the following acknowledgements in some form or another. I post now to recognize the major contributors to the project:...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Jul 31, 2001 2:37 am
210
martoq takes another step closer to reality... http://www.geocities.com/connorbd/varaq/varaq-unstable.zip -The consume operator that makes lists out of ...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Sep 5, 2001 4:26 pm
211
It's not an easy book to find (I probably wouldn't have it if my new job wasn't in a bookstore) but nevertheless, try and find this book: Software Tools Brian...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Sep 5, 2001 4:43 pm
212
... Great Book! I read it years ago. ... Actually Ratfor (Rational Fortran) was a preprocessor on top of Fortran that gave it a more structured format. The ...
G. Wade Johnson
gwadej@...
Sep 6, 2001 4:27 am
213
... Copying grep might be complicated, but a simple "find" command would work fine. cat would be almost ridiculously easy, though. Data manipulation: how might...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Sep 6, 2001 3:20 pm
214
... I actually was thinking of the general idea of finding something in a file, as opposed to grep itself. (Although, it's not really that hard.) How about wam...
G. Wade Johnson
gwadej@...
Sep 6, 2001 11:24 pm
215
... I've thought that perhaps regexps would be considered too complicated and/or fraught with error to mess with, perhaps a black art that only compiler...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Sep 11, 2001 12:53 am
216
... It's not really that complicated, but I have trouble seeing a Klingon taking that approach to solving a problem. ... Sounds reasonable. ... There's not...
G. Wade Johnson
gwadej@...
Sep 11, 2001 1:21 am
217
... I'm going to rant here, for no really major reason, but something about these discussions just seems wrong... Here we are, sitting back on our vast,...
Mark E. Shoulson
mark@...
Sep 12, 2001 1:18 pm
218
... A fair statement, and my only defense in this case is that I have a nasty habit of saying what I mean without making sure everyone else knows what I mean. ...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Sep 12, 2001 5:41 pm
219
For the uncounted thousands who died in NYC, Arlington (VA), and Pennsylvania: Let Sto-vo-kor know they're coming. Seriously, as the administrator of this...
Brian Connors
connorbd@...
Sep 12, 2001 8:35 pm
220
... Point taken. I actually wasn't intending to sound as if I thought that Klingons are inherently stupid. However, cultural blinders can make it difficult to...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
