Bridger Maxwell wrote:
Hey,
I was just getting the Revolution update and I happened to notice that on
one of the little info screens it displays as it installs it says, "You
don't have to have a degree in programming to develop in Revolution.
Revolution uses an easy to understand English-based l
lar marketing morsels. We both concluded
that those who might benefit most would probably not attend.
Glad to hear you ran with it!
PL
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y not attend.
Glad to hear you ran with it!
PL
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Excellent point Paul. You often say the
Bob Warren wrote:
And my site, which mentions the name "Revolution" quite a lot, is
constantly visited by the US military. I wonder why?
Getting started early for this year's Jam Echelon Day on Oct. 21, eh? :)
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Peter T. Evensen wrote:
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The problem is "Revolution" is a normal word. Other names, like
"ReadBasic," are more unique, and will always take you to where you want
to go.
And my site, which mentions the name "Revolution" quite a lot, is
constantly visited by the US mil
Type in 'Runtime Revolution', its formal long name, and it comes up first.
I always refer to 'Runtime' when speaking to others about it..
I hesitate to bring this up, but one problem with "Revolution" is
the name. It is a unsearchable name. Image this guy going and
Googling "Revolution." Wi
Excellent point Paul. You often say the most interesting things!
Thanks again for the advice about pricing you gave at the conference.
I've implemented it on ButtonGadget and it seems to work :-)
On 8/15/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
You can be more specific with more knowledg
definitely has its place and it is seldom difficult to know when to use
it.
Paul Looney
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Si
I hesitate to bring this up, but one problem with "Revolution" is the
name. It is a unsearchable name. Image this guy going and Googling
"Revolution." Will the RunRev site come up? It's the 6th link when I do
it, and it comes up after "Revolution Software" which sounds like what one
would w
ho ho ho I am smiling now!!! :-)
On Aug 15, 2006, at 12:45 AM, Sivakatirswami wrote:
OK, so, we have this 2 minute window to talk with him about what we do
while he boots up Powerpoint on his 17" Macbook Pro. His first
question
was: "Hmmm, interesting, what is that coded in?" he's a super g
Sivakatirswami wrote:
We just came back from a two-day NewsTrain conference for journalists,
put on by Associated Press and the Knight foundation. We showed our
Hinduism Today Digital Edition to a few people, one of whom is the
"critically acclaimed, award winning web developer" Rob Curley (s
This supposedly hip web guy still uses Powerpoint? H...
This man hired away some of Google's top engineers to join his IT
team... he pays each one of back end IT team way up in the 6 figures,
and any intern (he's big on $8/per hour "internology") lucky enough to
work with him will leave hi
We just came back from a two-day NewsTrain conference for journalists,
put on by Associated Press and the Knight foundation. We showed our
Hinduism Today Digital Edition to a few people, one of whom is the
"critically acclaimed, award winning web developer" Rob Curley (see
robcurley.com) who h
g
some really cool apps with it so others can see how productive we are
with it.
Bob Sneidar
IT Manager
Logos Management
Calvary Chapel CM
On Aug 12, 2006, at 10:00 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Re: OT: Is there a more English-like Programming language
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On Aug 12, 2006, at 1:37 AM, Richmond Mathewson wrote:
To manipulated computers via a computer language requires an odd
sort of non-human logic which must be learnt by any would-be
programmer; and, while some languages attempt to obscure that,
without that nothing really effective gets don
I always find claims that any computer language is more like English than
another rather odd and, potentially misleading.
Computers are not human beings, and our "Western" society is in the unfortunate
grip of an extended metaphor that we (humans) are merely very sophisticated
computers, and co
Wasn't it OpenScript??
My memory may be bad...
Judy
On Thu, 10 Aug 2006, Richard Gaskin wrote:
> After Director's Lingo, Flash's ActionScript, ToolBook's OpenTalk,
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Dar Scott wrote:
On Aug 10, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Sometimes the entire world isn't wrong.
I didn't intend to say the entire world is wrong. I guess I must
come across a little arrogant. I don't think I'm arrogant. Maybe
just a little vain. Or obtuse. Maybe some day
On Aug 10, 2006, at 6:31 PM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
Sometimes the entire world isn't wrong.
I didn't intend to say the entire world is wrong. I guess I must
come across a little arrogant. I don't think I'm arrogant. Maybe
just a little vain. Or obtuse. Maybe some day I'll be hammered
Dar Scott wrote:
I have had trouble explaining Transcript to customers, so now say
Revolution.
I've never had that trouble. I say I develop software with Revolution,
and when I'm talking about the language specifically I say Transcript.
After Director's Lingo, Flash's ActionScript, ToolBoo
On Aug 10, 2006, at 5:39 PM, Dan Shafer wrote:
As a language junkie I'd say xTalks including Transcript are easily
and by
far the most English-like programming languages on the planet.
I was fortunate to be part of the team for Savvy which predated
HyperTalk and shared many of the same co
Dan Shafer wrote:
And, to answer your opening question, Runtime Revolution is trying hard to
get us to call the language Revolution. I'm resisting and I suspect lots of
other folks are as well. I consider that a silly and ill-advised terminology
change. But in their official literature, it's now
I completely agree with you, Dan. In my daily work, it is just not
practical to call both the software and the language Revolution. I
just continue to call it Transcript.
Best,
Mark
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Economy-x-Talk
Consultancy and Software Engineering
http://economy-x-talk.com
http://www.salery.biz
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Hi David,
Yes, I think that the xTalk-family provides us with the most English-
like programming languages. Anything more sophisticated is doable,
but also a lot of work. As an example, here is a script which
responds to polite requests to create an object. Don't take this
example too seri
As a language junkie I'd say xTalks including Transcript are easily and by
far the most English-like programming languages on the planet. Like all
languages, it has some constructs that don't come out very English-like but
I don't know of any other language that comes close.
And, to answer your o
By the way is Transcript still the official term for Revs programming
language?
Spent an hour looking for links references and articles on English-like
programming languages - looking at the syntax. Found no good links yet. Lots
of stuff about COBOL, things about how it was the flavour of the mon
By the way is Transcript still the official term for Revs programming
language?
Spent an hour looking for links references and articles on English-like
programming languages - looking at the syntax. Found no good links yet. Lots
of stuff about COBOL, things about how it was the flavour of the mon
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