RE: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29
> I can still count quite rapidly up to 31 on one hand (either one). That is a neat trick. I have a hard time counting to 21 unless I take off my pants. 73 Eugene W2HX -Original Message- From: cctalk On Behalf Of Mark Moulding via cctalk Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2021 3:45 PM To: cctalk@classiccmp.org Subject: Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29 From: dwight > If we'd thought about it we could count to 1023 on our fingers. I used to play string bass in a symphony, and there were many times that there would be long periods of rest, where it was important to count the bars (measures) going by so as to come back in at the right time. To this day (that was 40+ years ago) I can still count quite rapidly up to 31 on one hand (either one). Higher numbers slow me down a bit... Old bass joke: During the last movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony, there is a very long tacit (rest) for the basses. So the bass section all went over to the bar across the street for a drink or three. To keep the conductor from passing by their entry, they put a rubber band around his music. So the situation was... Bottom of the ninth, basses loaded, score tied. (sorry...) ~~ Mark Moulding
Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29
On Sat, 2021-01-30 at 12:37 -0800, Mark Moulding via cctalk wrote: > On 1/29/21 12:58 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: > > > I like indentation, and demanded it from my students. > > > > That's fine, but when you have a language that makes indentation part of > > the language (i.e. no braces, brackets or keywords denoting boundaries > > of the block) , there be monsters. > > > > And yes, there are such languages. > > Uh - Python comes to mind... And Occam, invented for the Transputer. > ~~ > Mark Moulding >
Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29
On 1/30/21 12:44 PM, Mark Moulding via cctalk wrote: > I used to play string bass in a symphony, and there were many times that > there would be long periods of rest, where it was important to count the > bars (measures) going by so as to come back in at the right time. To > this day (that was 40+ years ago) I can still count quite rapidly up to > 31 on one hand (either one). Higher numbers slow me down a bit... One of my favorite old Mahler cartoons is a shot of a mustachioed tuba player, sound asleep. Title is something like "G. Mahler/Symphonie Nr. 5./IV. Adagietto/ Tacet" For low brass, there's a lot of that sort of thing in the symphonic repertoire. --Chuck
Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29
From: dwight If we'd thought about it we could count to 1023 on our fingers. I used to play string bass in a symphony, and there were many times that there would be long periods of rest, where it was important to count the bars (measures) going by so as to come back in at the right time. To this day (that was 40+ years ago) I can still count quite rapidly up to 31 on one hand (either one). Higher numbers slow me down a bit... Old bass joke: During the last movement of Beethoven's 9th symphony, there is a very long tacit (rest) for the basses. So the bass section all went over to the bar across the street for a drink or three. To keep the conductor from passing by their entry, they put a rubber band around his music. So the situation was... Bottom of the ninth, basses loaded, score tied. (sorry...) ~~ Mark Moulding
Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29
On 1/29/21 12:58 PM, Fred Cisin via cctalk wrote: I like indentation, and demanded it from my students. That's fine, but when you have a language that makes indentation part of the language (i.e. no braces, brackets or keywords denoting boundaries of the block) , there be monsters. And yes, there are such languages. Uh - Python comes to mind... ~~ Mark Moulding
