Yes of course, so would I. But I suggest that the "natural language"
feature is much more a mnemonic aid than an aid to initial
comprehension. And if that's true, then (as my own experience seems
to be) the advantages of it aren't really for the rank beginner, as
we sometimes think, but for people who've gotten somewhat farther up
the learning curve. (Not that it matters much.)
Charles
On Dec 2, 2005, at 8:45 PM, Scott Rossi wrote:
Recently, Charles Hartman wrote:
As a Prof. of English and long-time amateur programmer (but if you
say "hobbyist" in my vicinity I'll bristle) I have to say that I find
the effort toward "English-like" syntax the *least* attractive aspect
of Transcript -- if only because it's potentially the most
misleading: it can make a beginner think the flexibility of a natural
language is available & then feel hurt & bewildered that it isn't.
(For an example, port a Hypercard stack to Rev and look how many
errors pop up that have to be solved by inserting "the" where
Hypertalk didn't require it.)
I don't know, Charles. Being a design-as-a-first-language,
programming-as-a-second-language person, it's *because* of
TransScript's
English like syntax that I can get anywhere in the environment.
I'd much rather do this:
answer the detailed files
Than this:
#include <iostream.h>
#include <TROOT.h>
#include <TObjString.h>
void read_name_all_files(TList* ptList, char* wildcard = "*")
{
TString tStrCmd("/usr/bin/ls -1pa ");
tStrCmd.Append(wildcard);
tStrCmd.Append(" 2> /dev/null");
char buf[BUFSIZ];
FILE *ptr;
if ((ptr = popen(tStrCmd.Data(), "r")) != NULL) {
while (fgets(buf, BUFSIZ, ptr) != NULL) {
#ifdef DEBUG_LEVEL_2
fprintf(stdout,"%s", buf);
#endif
// cut the last character (which is '\n')
int len=strlen(buf);
buf[len-1] = '\0';
// add to list
ptList->Add(new TObjString(buf));
}
pclose(ptr);
}
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
TList tListFileNames;
read_name_all_files(&tListFileNames,"*");
cout << "Directory:\n" ;
TIter tIter(&tListFileNames);
TObjString* ptStr;
while( ptStr = (TObjString*) tIter.Next() ) {
cout << ptStr->GetName() << "\n" ;
}
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
But hey, that's just me.
Regards,
Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, Multimedia & Design
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