-Caveat Lector- On Sun, 28 Mar 2004, Damon Richter wrote:
> In news:internal.ml.new-age.ctrl, Party of Citizens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > posted on Thu, 25 Mar 2004 15:14:14 -0800: (re a Micosoft .NET ad) > > If this software were WELL-WRITTEN it would be SELF-explanatory. That > > includes the use of the languages like C and C++ within .NET > > I wouldn't think it'd be that difficult to write a computer language > based on standard English. It's not. If you go to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you will find introductory course materials on C programming. There should be just one final assignment for this course: Write a C program which is a set of menus and prompts in standard English and which accounts for all of the things you have been taught C will do up to this level. That program would be 10 pages or less. I've messed around with Visual Basic a little > and found the language rather difficult to grasp. The GUI is easy to > figure out, but the actual programming code is not intuitive. As you're > typing the code, lists of available commands will pop up to help you, but > still, there is a certain format that must be followed or you'll end up > with bugs galore. Everything these computer languages do can be expressed in standard English. The standard English can be perfected to make it as clear as possible and condensed into a set of menus and prompts. > If someone wants to use a program to load a certain database file and > display the contents of a set of cells, then one should be able to write > the following: > > If the user clicks on LOAD, then load the file in selector 2 and display > cells A3 to B7. > > If a programming language can understand what '{\|/};' means, then it can > certainly understand what "do this and do that" means. Bingo. If you want to do this then you _____________: If you want to do that then you _____________ The "Geek Conspiracy" is brilliant though. It has kept this make-work project going for a long, long time! ZG www.ctrl.org DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
