Re: [9fans] extensions of "interest"

2009-04-11 Thread lucio
>> right on schedule! >> >> http://9fans.net/archive/2001/05/482  (may 31 2001) >> http://9fans.net/archive/2005/05/69   (may 7 2005) > > okay, that timing's just freaky. And I keep missing the crucial message :-( Freaky, definitely. Thanks for the explanation. Specially to Jim :-) ++L

Re: [9fans] extensions of "interest"

2009-04-11 Thread Anthony Sorace
> right on schedule! > > http://9fans.net/archive/2001/05/482  (may 31 2001) > http://9fans.net/archive/2005/05/69   (may 7 2005) okay, that timing's just freaky.

Re: [9fans] extensions of "interest"

2009-04-11 Thread Russ Cox
> I still can't figure what "typestr" does in the C compiler! right on schedule! http://9fans.net/archive/2001/05/482 (may 31 2001) http://9fans.net/archive/2005/05/69 (may 7 2005) russ

Re: [9fans] noweb and literal programming

2009-04-11 Thread Russ Cox
Noweb has a nice simple interface (if literate programming is what you want) and runs on Plan 9. It's somewhere: I'm sure if you dig around you can find it. Maybe it's in /n/sources/extra. I used it quite a bit with latex. I don't remember whether I ever used it with troff. Russ

Re: [9fans] exportfs security question

2009-04-11 Thread Russ Cox
>    /* exchange random numbers */ >    srand(truerand()); >    for(i = 0; i < 4; i++) >      key[i+12] = rand(); if one really cared, the right thing to do would be fastrand() calls. truerand is only for things that absolutely must be random (not pseudo-random) or for seeding random number gener

[9fans] Just FYI: if you are under 18, you are out of GSOC; make sure your birthday is in there correctly!

2009-04-11 Thread ron minnich
We just got the notice from Google. There are a lot of applicants under 18 --> automatic disqualification. Student applicants, please verify your personal information. Thanks ron

Re: [9fans] noweb and literal programming

2009-04-11 Thread Robert Raschke
On 4/10/09, Rudolf Sykora wrote: > Hello, > > I've been thinking about 'well documented programs' and come across > the 'noweb' program. > Do you have any experience with literal programming and, particularly, > noweb? > (I noticed at least rsc seems to have played with it back in the year > 2000.

Re: [9fans] noweb and literal programming

2009-04-11 Thread tlaronde
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 04:53:44PM +0200, Rudolf Sykora wrote: > In contrast, noweb tried to be simpler, with no tight connection to > the language used (any language can be used) and no tight connection > to the formatter. and no tight connection with any usage either. [Sorry, couldn't resist s

[9fans] bogus header chars and empty messages, courtesy smtpd

2009-04-11 Thread erik quanstrom
in the process of trying to make smtpd reject email with garbage characters in the headers, i ran headlong into a few long standing smtpd annoyances. smtpd has had an annoying habit of delivering empty messages when bad things happen, like sender timeout. it turns out that the problem is that wri

Re: [9fans] noweb and literal programming

2009-04-11 Thread Rudolf Sykora
> Just curious... what's the relation to Cweb and Ctangle (the ones Knuth uses)? > > From what I've heard of those (even from Knuth himself) is that > they're too ugly to use very much, and fits well with Knuth's style, > which is mostly the "giant blob of code" style. As far as I can tell, cweb (

Re: [9fans] a bit OT, programming style question

2009-04-11 Thread Eris Discordia
No, bash's completion system is what's responsible for line numbers in the thousands. How? Is bash's completion on your system different than on my system? I'd like you to substantiate that statement and will thank you for a proper response. --On Friday, April 10, 2009 3:33 PM -0400 "J.R. Ma

Re: [9fans] extensions of "interest"

2009-04-11 Thread lucio
>> Makes perfect sense for Chapman's purposes. Replace steel >> with aluminium. Fiberglass instead of sheet metal and so on. >> Unfortunately we don't have exact analogs in s/w. We can >> only simplicate; we can't add lightness! > > read ken's code! I still can't figure what "typestr" does in t

Re: [9fans] noweb and literal programming

2009-04-11 Thread Francisco J Ballesteros
I implemented a mkernel using noweb. In the end, I think it's harder to follow than placing the code and doc appart. Probably a religious issue. El 11/04/2009, a las 0:43, rudolf.syk...@gmail.com escribió: Hello, I've been thinking about 'well documented programs' and come across the 'nowe