Re: lynx-dev Happy New Year [again]

[Duncan Simpson]

You wrote:

<lots snipped>
> Why don't I learn to shut up?  ;-)  You're talking to someone
> who's reasonably fluent in JavaScript and learning Inform.  It'll
> be a while before I'm any good with C source, probably longer
> before I can contribute to Lynx.
> 
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As someone with a Math & CS BA this sort of statement amazes me... javascript, 
java, C, C++, etc, etc are all standard imperative languages. All decent CS 
students should be able to pick up such a language with at most a few days.

I think inform is also an imperative language but have not looked at it 
recently. Practically all CS students also know how to use a functional 
programming language as well an imperative one. Would I be wrong in thinking 
you do not have a degree level computer science qualifiction?

FYI I have used CSP in anger. Attempting to blind me with formal methods is 
likely to fail completely.


-- 
Duncan (-:
"software industry, the: unique industry where selling substandard goods is
legal and you can charge extra for fixing the problems."



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