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Re: Would-be hacker queries. / Re: Request for new list
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lugnet.robotics
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Sat, 8 May 1999 13:26:40 GMT
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stephen p spackman <stephen@^avoidspam^acm.org>
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Aa-Tchoo! wrote:
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> Hi.
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> Hope I can jump in here and ask where a newby who knows he's in the deep end in computer science
> discussions, - knows he's taking in water, coughing and spluttering but loving every minute of it -
> go to ask elementary questions like:
> What's a class library?
> How do you define function-local variables / recursion / global variables /
> dynamic memory allocation / dymamic string allocation /
> object oriented programming, for Christopher's sake?
> I know this is basic stuff for some and could take up vast yards of bandwidth but I need to find
> guidance somewhere.
I'm going out of town and have to run for the bus ayt any moment, so I'm
afraid I don't get to answer your questions.
But a quick comment to those who are contemplating what the New
Environment should be:
You see? Not everyone out there wants or needs a Java. With a properly
designed language _not one_ of these concepts would need explaining -
though most of them would fall out as "huh, that's obvious, you need a
_word_ for that?" concepts.
Really, Java is much more complex - and less powerful - than it needs to
be, just because of the market necessity to be like C++.
Why can we not be free of this? The impediment is not technical.
stephen (who thinks a Java port to the RCX *would* be cool, but who just
doesn't think it meets the brief of "something simpler and more powerful
that everyone could enjoy using" - I mean, why not port Emacs lisp ;->)
--
Did you check the web site first?: http://www.crynwr.com/lego-robotics
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| (...) I have never said that everyone wants or needs Java. I am quite certain that no single platform of any type will please all of the people all the time. As I have said repeatedly here, I think choosing Java minimizes the total work required to (...) (26 years ago, 10-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| Hi. Hope I can jump in here and ask where a newby who knows he's in the deep end in computer science discussions, - knows he's taking in water, coughing and spluttering but loving every minute of it - go to ask elementary questions like: What's a (...) (26 years ago, 8-May-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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