On Tuesday 02 December 2014 02:14:47 Bertho Stultiens did opine And Gene did reply: > On 12/02/2014 05:29 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > >> Well, that is a matter of opinion, I guess. It is often easier to > >> revert to old habits instead of learning new tricks. I know because > >> I tend to do that too all too often (boy I feel old now ;-) > > > > But I'd bet a bottle of your favorite suds you are chasing me, I > > turned 80 almost 2 months back. ;-) > > No bets you know you'd lose, that is what I (try to) teach my pupils. > Then, 2^4 years ago you would have beaten me by a factor of 2
Young and "in your prime", where my "use by date" was long ago. But theres little or nothing I can do about so I might as well grin & bear it. :) > > >> Speaking for my self, I just got fed up with plain gcode's archaics > >> and wanted more structure. > > > > GCodes available loop capabilities can be used for that structure > > fairly easily. When I am hand carving such code, making use of those > > to do step & repeat can shrink the code drastically. > > Don't get me wrong, gcode is expressive enough and can do all you like. > It is just not like any "modern" procedural language. For me, that > makes all the difference between readable and a hellish write-only > language (let's not talk about Perl, shall we ;-) Druther not. Larry Wall, at what I'd estimate as near 175 on the IQ scale, is at least 30 points above me, so I have never tried to play catchup to him. I once tested at 147 on the Iowa test which is supposed to be equ to the std S/B test, but I'll have to admit I am slipping as the years pile up. I should let the mensa test tell me, but like most, I fear the results would confirm the slippage. > One should use the language that is familiar and does the job. That is > a personal choice. Amen, and ATM I need help with a o<subroutine> but that is another post, and requires I first fix the -ENOTENOUGHCOFFEE error. I am not, nor never have been accused of being a morning person. :) Thanks Bertho. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene> US V Castleman, SCOTUS, Mar 2014 is grounds for Impeaching SCOTUS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
