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Re: Forth Syntax-Coloring Text Editor

2008-09-07T14:28:06Z

QE won"t start up at all. I reverted to OS 10.4.11 where QE 6.5d4
works fine.
Interestingly, an older version of QE, 6.3, (which came with a
PowerMops distribution) works fine under 10.5.4.
Henry

Re: Sorting routine

2008-09-07T13:54:41Z

Hi
For larger data widths, try increasing the #bits
from 8 to 12 and see what happens.
Dwight

Re: MPE news

2008-09-07T12:05:02Z

I'm glad for you and your town.

Agreed. I'm done.

Re: Sorting routine

2008-09-07T11:02:57Z

<garbage snipped>
I understand your intent. But it is usually best to not feed the trolls.
-Doug

Re: MPE news

2008-09-07T11:00:04Z

The first definition of politician in
[link] is:
"a person experienced in the art or science of government;
especially: one actively engaged in conducting the business of a government"
My wife was elected Supervisor for the township in which we live. So

Re: MPE news

2008-09-07T10:35:06Z

It is thus you console me?

That's an issue. I had a cousin who did the same thing in another state.
He went to the guy who basicly ran the state government and asked for a
job.
"Who sent you?"
"Nobody."
"Who do you know who has connections?"
"Nobody, sir."
"I have 27 applicants who have been recommended to me by important

Re: MPE news

2008-09-07T08:22:30Z

Presidents run the executive (administrative) part of government, of
which military is but a part. And if military mistakes are "easy" to
fix, how come we haven't fixed Iraq yet?
I'm sure McCain is a fine human being. However, votes for President
should be based mostly on issues, IMO. We've had some excellent

Re: MPE news

2008-09-07T07:34:45Z

(in article <20080904150502.304121e5.jetho m...@gmail.com>):
Well, presidents don't run the government. They run the military. Military
mistakes are much easier to fix.
I had also thought about the mental health effects if his imprisonment.
McCain has rarely talked in detail about his POW experience. The act of being

Re: Sorting routine

2008-09-07T07:21:38Z

William James schrieb:
Could you please cross-compile this in 4k for an embedded controller?

Re: Forth Syntax-Coloring Text Editor

2008-09-07T07:19:28Z

I believe there are other users running OS 10.5.4. Does QE simply not
run at all or does the crash happen only during a specific operation?
-Doug

Re: a relational database done in forth would r0ck

2008-09-07T06:18:51Z

Ruby:
C:\>irb --prompt xmp
def square x
x*x
end
==>nil
eval 'square 9'
==>81

Re: a relational database done in forth would r0ck

2008-09-07T06:14:30Z

....
I doubt that he has written non-trivial code.
I doubt that he knows a single programming language.
One who is afraid to commit himself to one language
as his first language will continue to vacillate forever.

Re: a relational database done in forth would r0ck

2008-09-07T04:41:12Z

On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 15:57:50 -0400, John Passaniti
<snip>
Grace Murray Hopper. Please. She deserves to be remembered correctly.
She also liked to give out nanoseconds of wire, FWTW.
Nit: DECwriter (lc w). Also DECprinter, DECtape, DECsystem, etc.
Yes, it was silly, but makers (usually) get to name their products.

Re: Forth Syntax-Coloring Text Editor

2008-09-07T01:32:06Z

QuickEdit crashes when I try to run it; PowerBook G4, OS 10.5.4. Do I
need to go back to 10.4?
Henry

Re: Counting sort routine

2008-09-06T23:53:46Z

Hi
I believe this is a straight distribution sort.
Without the advantages of radixing, it is quite
limited.
Dwight