Thanks Andrew. I'll read the article that you linked to on using Ruby as
Java pseudocode.

Landon

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Let me further backup my statements by including references :

Ruby as Java Pseudo Code:
http://kasparov.skife.org/blog/src/java/containers-and-webapps.html

Interview with Yukihiro Matsumoto (inventor of Ruby)
---
Bill Venners: "Allowing programmers to write code that's concise and
succinct is one way to make them happy"

Yukihiro Matsumoto: "Yes, so they can concentrate on the problem
itself. Sometimes people jot down pseudo-code on paper. If that
pseudo-code runs directly on their computers, it's best, isn't it?
Ruby tries to be like that, like pseudo-code that runs. Python people
say that too."
http://www.artima.com/intv/rubyP.html
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On Jan 21, 2008 5:00 PM, Andrew Turner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> No, really.
>
> Looking at the pseudo code examples, they read almost exactly like
> Ruby code. What's nice about writing your "pseudo-code" in an actual
> language is that it can then also act as your specifications and
> verification. When you rewrite the code in C or Algol or whatever you
> can run both programs side-by-side (just have to wait about 100x
> longer for the ruby version) :)
>
>
>
> On Jan 21, 2008 4:51 PM, Sean Gillies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I was about to say. Or http://python.org/doc. No $@ noise and
mandatory
> > whitespace and indentation to enforce readability :)
> >
> > Sean
> >
> >
> > Andrew Turner wrote:
> > > What about http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/ ?
> > >
> > > ;)
> > >
> > > On Jan 21, 2008 4:26 PM, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Have any Geowankers come across a standard for pseudocode?
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> We were talking about using pseudocode for programming
language-neutral
> > >> information on spatial reference system transformations,
calculations and
> > >> algorithms. This information would be part of a possible project
at the
> > >> OSGeo on spatial reference systems. I was hoping to find a
pseudocode
> > >> standard, but Google didn't turn up much:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> http://users.csc.calpoly.edu/~jdalbey/SWE/pdl_std.html
> > >>
> > >>
http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~pedwards/teaching/CS3007/requirements/pseudoc
ode.html
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Thanks for any suggestions.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Landon
> > >>
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