Quoting Mathieu Bouchard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote: > >>> 10 FOR X=1 TO 100 >>> 20 PRINT "WHAT ABOUT BASIC?" >>> 30 NEXT X >> this is not a built-in counter, this is how you would write a >> simple counter in basic. > > Frankly, I don't understand the difference. I mean FOR/NEXT, I don't > mean the exact code I wrote above.
right. in Pd this would be [100( | [until] | [print] period. > >> apart from that, it does not fulfil the marius' requirement of >> doing "more than just adding numbers." > > I don't care, it's not what I was replying to. I was only replying to > the part of the mail that I have quoted. You seem to be disregarding > that. indeed. but "so what"? sorry if i was inaccurate about what you replied to, but the original question was about having a counter that does "more than just adding numbers". if somebody asks about strings, i would consider the following anser inadequate: [this is a string( | [print] > >> iteration; but then, a counter that does not do anything but >> increment an accumulator would be of _very_ limited use > > You don't need to assume that I mean only the above three lines of > BASIC code, instead of FOR/NEXT. i have not questioned this. i only tried to stay on safe ground... > >> (--> HQ9+) > > I don't speak that language. > it's a pity, as it is a very nice language (though not turing complete). i have written a very simplistic implementation in Pd: http://puredata.info/Members/zmoelnig/hq9 (i think the standalone 99-bottles-of-beer is broken; but it is fixed in the HQ9+ interpreter) mfga.sdr IOhannes ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
