RE: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29

2021-02-01 Thread W2HX via cctalk
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

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29

2021-01-30 Thread Van Snyder via cctalk
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,

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29

2021-01-30 Thread Chuck Guzis via cctalk
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

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29

2021-01-30 Thread Mark Moulding via cctalk
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.

Re: cctalk Digest, Vol 76, Issue 29

2021-01-30 Thread Mark Moulding via cctalk
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,