Rest In Peace, Ludwig Van Beethoven is correct.
The programmer had finally figured out the original
coder's intent, and found it had nothing to do with
the program at all. The original coder seems to have
been amused by seeing the composer's year of death at
that address and added the comment.
The point of the yarn was to be careful in relying
on the comments. I've gone through source code where
I had a historical trail of changes, and found that some
programmers change the code but don't update the comments.
They should be shot for this behavoir, but then there
might not be enough programmers to go around...
...if only...
-dq
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Allain [mailto:allain@panix.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 10:15 AM
> To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: Write only programming
>
>
> > 1827: MOV AX,0001H ; R.I.P. L.V.B.
> > Any guesses as to the comment's meaning?
>
> Didn't read it. Ludwig Van Beethoven (d.1827) seems
> to work so the comment says nothing. IE 1827 is 1827.
>
> John A.
>
> From: Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) <cisin(a)xenosoft.com>
> Joe Campbell and I spent a fair amount of time together while he was
> writing it, "RS232 Solution", and "Crafting C tools". I didn't
completely
> agree with his level of data abstraction.
Fred, what do you mean here? Too abstract, or not abstract enough? The
code *is* portable, which requires an certain degree of abstraction.
Please clarify -- thanks.
Glen
0/0
On Mar 2, 8:03, Zane H. Healy wrote:
> I'm afraid I can't help you with your list of questions. However, I am
> curious, where is this site? My wife just found me a 4th IPC a couple
> weeks ago, and this one looks to have HP-UX 5.0 in ROM. It's on my list
of
> things to get checked out.
http://www.coho.org/~pete/IPC/integral.html
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Yeah-- After I posted that message, I looked it up.
I was very surprised to find a web page for MOUSE,
not to mention a personal web page for Peter Grogono,
the guy who invented it!
BTW--
He did write what I still consider to be the definitive
introductory PASCAL text: _Programming_in_PASCAL_.
Short. Concise. Just about everything you need to
know, without reference to a specific implementation.
Awesome book. They don't write 'em like that anymore--
it doesn't take up enough shelf space.
Jeff
On Fri, 01 Mar 2002 22:41:26 -0700 Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk(a)jetnet.ab.ca>
writes:
> jeff.kaneko(a)juno.com wrote:
> >
> > This makes me think of another 'minimalist' language:
> > MOUSE. I have a book about it here someplace.
> >
> > Of course, that been said, MOUSE is positively verbose
> > by comparison . . . .
> Somebody has updated it and cleaned up the code. search for it on
> the
> web.
>
> --
> Ben Franchuk - Dawn * 12/24 bit cpu *
> www.jetnet.ab.ca/users/bfranchuk/index.html
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> I live in Kansas; where did Jim move to?
> Jeff
Yates Center. Southeast corner(ish), about 100 miles East of Wichita.
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Bill,
I sent you a private email this morning, but your mail system won't take
delivery. Anyway, I have several unopened OEM CD's of IE4.01. Let me know if
you want one.
Bob
-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Pechter [mailto:pechter@bg-tc-ppp75.monmouth.com]
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 3:27 PM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: Wanted: Win3.1 IE4 or 5 install cabs
> I *believe* I have an original IE4 or 5 CD from M$. When I get home
tonight I
> will check out which version it is and if it has a version for Win 3.1 on
it.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bryan
My ie4.01SP2 didn't have it... I may have found 5.0 on tucows.
Bill
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I live in Kansas; where did Jim move to?
Jeff
On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:00:39 -0800 (PST) "Zane H. Healy"
<healyzh(a)aracnet.com> writes:
> > > Jim and I are now working on getting the back rent paid. Once
> that's
> > > under control, we'll then start figuring out the best option for
> getting
> > > the collection back to his barn in Kansas.
> >
> > Hmm Red Slippers??? Well it worked from OZ.
> > Better get more room out there, because on your way back you could
> > make a few stops, wheel and deal and get twice the collection. :)
>
> Hmmm.... If Jim has a barn out in Kansas now, it sounds to me like
> he needs
> to stop by my storage units when he's retrieving his stuff. I've
> got more
> stuff I could dump on him (of course the last time it was his one
> son taking
> most of the stuff).
>
> Zane
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This makes me think of another 'minimalist' language:
MOUSE. I have a book about it here someplace.
Of course, that been said, MOUSE is positively verbose
by comparison . . . .
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 23:34:28 -0500 "Glen Goodwin" <acme_ent(a)bellsouth.net>
writes:
> > From: Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner <spc(a)conman.org>
>
> > Then you haven't seen BrainFuck:
> >
> > http://www.muppetlabs.com/~breadbox/bf/
> >
> > And yes, you *can* get a compiler for BrainFuck. Why you would,
> is
> > another question.
>
> Holy Cow! Why on Earth would *anyone* use such a language, or spend
> the
> time to dream it up? I'd rather write machine code!
>
> Masochists!
>
> Glen
> 0/0
>
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