I agree with Jon on this one -- names are better a bit more descriptive and definite. will have go through the article a couple of times more be objective on the specifics...
here is what I consider near-ideal example-driven tutorial: http://gigamonkeys.com/book/ CPython's docs come close but they have a tendency of being a VERY good reference for the beginner and quite poor for intermediate and advanced users... On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 06:46, Jon Harper <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kobi, > sorry to be a bit negative here, but I thought your explanation on > "cond" was a bit confusing. I guess it's hard to explain many concepts > with one example (all branches should be balanced, tests consume their > arguments, etc.) I don't know how other people are feeling about this > though.. > Also, the use of "rot" is discouraged as it often can be replaced with > higher level combinators. Maybe it would be better if rot didn't > appear in the tutorial > > The symbol up? is also disturbing, X? is usually a word which outputs > a Boolean in factor, like your "on?" and "off?". So yeah, replacing > "up? on?" and "up? off?" by "from-below?" and "from-above?" is a good > idea. > > Finally, factor has some nice vocabs for parsing text : regexps or the > EBNF parser. This would be the easier way to do it, but I can > understand a tutorial would want to dig in and match brackets > manually. > > cheers, > > On Fri, Oct 2, 2009 at 6:38 AM, Kobi Lurie <[email protected]> wrote: >> For what it's worth, I wrote a little exercise tutorial >> you can see it at: >> http://my.opera.com/kwakodile/blog/2009/09/26/a-tribute-to-factor-a-small-tutorial >> >> enjoy >> Kobi >> >>> >>> I think what's needed, and what a lot of people have asked for, is >>> more cookbook style documentation and tutorials. Quick examples of how >>> to do small talks. Most of this type of stuff is in peoples blog >>> posts. >>> >>> You're not the first to offer to do what you're doing btw. A few >>> people have started, but never finished, moving on to other tasks. >>> >>> Chris. >> >> >> -- >> faluninfo.net >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA >> is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your >> developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay >> ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf >> _______________________________________________ >> Factor-talk mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk >> > > > > -- > Jon Harper > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Come build with us! The BlackBerry® Developer Conference in SF, CA > is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your > developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay > ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9-12, 2009. Register now! > http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconf > _______________________________________________ > Factor-talk mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk > -- Alex. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Come build with us! The BlackBerry(R) Developer Conference in SF, CA is the only developer event you need to attend this year. Jumpstart your developing skills, take BlackBerry mobile applications to market and stay ahead of the curve. Join us from November 9 - 12, 2009. Register now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/devconference _______________________________________________ Factor-talk mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/factor-talk
