Re: [Hardhats-members] Linking to VistA - some thoughts

2005-12-05 Thread K.S. Bhaskar
Functional programming is a fine idea that has been around for a long time. Church's lambda calculus predates electronic digital computers, and LISP dates back to circa 1960. It is attractive because it theoretically lends itself better to more formal proofs of correctness (my own gut tells me th

Re: [Hardhats-members] Linking to VistA - some thoughts

2005-12-03 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Thanks for the link. I just went through it. It only took me a few hours to digest it. I still don't think I could write a full appliation in it so far. Kevin On 12/3/05, Todd Berman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 14:16 -0800, Gregory Woodhouse wrote: > > On Dec 3, 2005,

Re: [Hardhats-members] Linking to VistA - some thoughts

2005-12-03 Thread Todd Berman
On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 14:16 -0800, Gregory Woodhouse wrote: > On Dec 3, 2005, at 1:54 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: > > > Don't forget to make this language understandable. If this new > > language looks at all like the code you have been showing me, then I > > will have HUGE learning curve. And y

Re: [Hardhats-members] Linking to VistA - some thoughts

2005-12-03 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
On Dec 3, 2005, at 1:54 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: Don't forget to make this language understandable. If this new language looks at all like the code you have been showing me, then I will have HUGE learning curve. And you might estrange potential users. Kevin Trust me, I am most assuredly

Re: [Hardhats-members] Linking to VistA - some thoughts

2005-12-03 Thread Kevin Toppenberg
Don't forget to make this language understandable. If this new language looks at all like the code you have been showing me, then I will have HUGE learning curve. And you might estrange potential users. Kevin On 12/3/05, Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Dec 2, 2005, at 5:42

[Hardhats-members] Linking to VistA - some thoughts

2005-12-03 Thread Gregory Woodhouse
On Dec 2, 2005, at 5:42 PM, Kevin Toppenberg wrote: I think it is excellent, but it doesn't address my need to have a medical record system for my office. VistA does, so I am working with it. I can certainly appreciate not having the time to work on something like this. I suppose my hope w