Hello! ... What do you have in mind? With some tweaking, Linux can be quite lightweight - for instance, the kernel of some linux distributions targetted for...
Hello, I'll finally have some spare time to play with my var'aq interpreter in the next couple of weeks. Level 0 of the var'aq specification is almost fully...
... Something that would support a reasonable simulation of the de'wI'qel, which shouldn't be *that* hard. Essentially, the architecture of OS/V (hypothetical ...
I'm not quite sure what GeoCities is up to, but it looks like there will soon be a ~$5US/month hosting charge (at least that's how I read it). Accordingly, I'm...
... I certainly don't mind mirroring var'aq, but all my web space right now is tied to personal accounts at schools, who all tend to frown on sharing. If I get...
... Hmmm... I've heard a bit about VSTa, but never really had the opportunity to play with it. As I understand it it's sorta kinda based on Plan 9, and I...
... The last time I played with it, you could boot a vsta system from a DOS command prompt, and run a vsta file system inside a dos file (use dos as a boot...
... Quiet and spread out. It's not much like what I'm used to, but the two-hour drive back to Boston doesn't seem so bad when you've had to make it something...
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This group -- and the project -- has lain dormant for quite some time now. I don't really know what it would take for me to get it back on track, but I thought...
... Well, that, and it's very European already. It's the Klingon grammar that makes it interesting. ... Sure. I'm game. Now I just need to get X working in...
... Could be. I do wish Chris and I had attempted to do SPQL (the working name I came up with for a Latin-derived language) -- I remember Chris had some ideas...
... I remember enough Latin from high school to know Senatus Populusque Romanae. You'll want to keep the R, and do something else with the S or the P. LPQR...
... If you can tell me what they mean in *English*, I might be able to give it a shot. But 'cat', 'grep', 'ls', 'pwd', 'mv'...there's not a lot of basis for...
... Maybe. I rather liked SPQL as a pun on SQL, though. ... It definitely would be more trouble than it's worth to redefine the filesystem. However, I do wish...
... Okay, here's the basics: cat = conCATenate. The actual function of the command is to stick two files together, but the way it's usually used simply sticks...
Other commands not to forget: cp - CoPy a file to another location or name rm - ReMove a file ln - create a LiNk to a file (like a shortcut or alias in Win or...
... General Regular Expression Parser. See ancient references to the glob executable. ... This is actually "List Segment" a holdover from an even earlier OS....
... (yawn) Has it been that long? Let me guess -- you want to know why I haven't done much with var'aq? Well... I actually had someone writing me about the ...
Have you seen the programming language Water at http://www.waterlang.org? It does some nifty things with vectors and objects that may make it ideal for rapid...
Afternoon! My name's Scott, but OL I mostly go by ngabwI'. I ran into the varaq page about a year ago, but was busy with C++, so I did not delve into it too...
... No, but you're hereby invited to make notes as you learn, and write it. ... Exactly the sort of person who needs to learn about compilers and functional...
... Thank you, I will. ... So will my prior experience help me or hinder me in this? (Don't worry about discouraging me. I love a challenge, esp. one like...
Ooh. You're gonna make us work for it. That's okay. We probably need the exercise. :) ... Yes. In some regards, programming is programming. At least until...
... don't ... That was me! I am doing var'aq in Water now. Water has vectors that can be used for the stack and for lists. It also has a generic <thing />...