A buddy of mine just pointed me to this...
<http://c-jump.com/>
My first thought was, "I wonder what a Lisp version would look like?"
Well, obviously, macros would be drawn as the snow-making machine!
-Mike
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Michael J. Forster <····@sharedlogic.ca>
Software Engineer
Shared Logic Inc.
LuisGLopez wrote:
> I love this phrase from the site: " Skiing and snowboarding is a
> perfect programming analogy." (?)
>
The game is for 2 to 4 players, but I notice that they include 8 playing
pieces. That's good, because it means you can swallow a few pieces, and
still have a playable game. ;)
And have you seen that they included the keyword GOTO in the game?!?!
Perfect for the kids to learn programming.... (?)
And you guys complaining about the 'C brain damage'... ;)
"LuisGLopez" <············@gmail.com> writes:
> And have you seen that they included the keyword GOTO in the game?!?!
> Perfect for the kids to learn programming.... (?)
And what exactly is wrong with teaching kids about GOTO? I suppose
you'd rather teach them to loop and unnecessarily check state
variables constantly?
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Thomas F. Burdick ha escrito:
> "LuisGLopez" <············@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > And have you seen that they included the keyword GOTO in the game?!?!
> > Perfect for the kids to learn programming.... (?)
>
> And what exactly is wrong with teaching kids about GOTO? I suppose
> you'd rather teach them to loop and unnecessarily check state
> variables constantly?
>
Well, I don't know... I suppose I have a prejuice against GOTO. But,
honestly: If you have to select 10-15 keywords to teach programming to
kids, would GOTO be in the list? ;)
"LuisGLopez" <············@gmail.com> writes:
> Thomas F. Burdick ha escrito:
>
> > "LuisGLopez" <············@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > And have you seen that they included the keyword GOTO in the game?!?!
> > > Perfect for the kids to learn programming.... (?)
> >
> > And what exactly is wrong with teaching kids about GOTO? I suppose
> > you'd rather teach them to loop and unnecessarily check state
> > variables constantly?
>
> Well, I don't know... I suppose I have a prejuice against GOTO.
Don't feel bad, it's a common one ... just work to over come it :-)
> But, honestly: If you have to select 10-15 keywords to teach
> programming to kids, would GOTO be in the list? ;)
Lemme see: defun, lambda, let, setq, loop, labels, tagbody/go,
... yep, I think it would come seventh :-)
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/|_ .-----------------------.
,' .\ / | Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! |
,--' _,' | Abolish the racist |
/ / | death penalty! |
( -. | `-----------------------'
| ) |
(`-. '--.)
`. )----'
LuisGLopez wrote:
> And have you seen that they included the keyword GOTO in the game?!?!
> Perfect for the kids to learn programming.... (?)
>
> And you guys complaining about the 'C brain damage'... ;)
Why, tagbody is cool...
But I agree, that game would be much cooler with throws and restarts,
and a stack.
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My mouth says the words, my brain is thinking monstertrucks.
Joey (Friends)
LuisGLopez wrote:
> And have you seen that they included the keyword GOTO in the game?!?!
> Perfect for the kids to learn programming.... (?)
>
> And you guys complaining about the 'C brain damage'... ;)
>
Hospitalisation is the perfect analogy to core dumping. No aznalogy gets
better.
Thinking about it, it's difficult to believe that the game is not a
spoof. OTOH, it looks quite professionally done, so maybe it's real.
Shouldn't laugh really, the guy may be behind in his mortgage after
sinking his life savings into a turkey that's never going to fly.
In Britain, there was a series on telly called Dragon's Den, which
showed people pitching ideas to successful businessmen. One idea was
from a woman who came up with a game about taking taxi rides around
London. It was aimed at the tourist market mostly, and looked quite
professional. However, the potential investors were somewhat less than
enthusiastic about a game involving taxi rides.
Michael J. Forster wrote:
> A buddy of mine just pointed me to this...
>
> <http://c-jump.com/>
>
> My first thought was, "I wonder what a Lisp version would look like?"
I note the page has a rather restrictive IP statement, i.e., that the
page is under copyright. Assuming the game is also under copyright,
a Lisp version _might_ look like a copyright violation...
Steven M. Haflich wrote:
> Michael J. Forster wrote:
>> A buddy of mine just pointed me to this...
>>
>> <http://c-jump.com/>
>>
>> My first thought was, "I wonder what a Lisp version would look like?"
>
> I note the page has a rather restrictive IP statement, i.e., that the
> page is under copyright. Assuming the game is also under copyright,
> a Lisp version _might_ look like a copyright violation...
Look like, or be one? If you rewrite MS Office in Lisp, would that
violate copyright?
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My mouth says the words, my brain is thinking monstertrucks.
Joey (Friends)
Steven M. Haflich wrote:
> Michael J. Forster wrote:
>
>> A buddy of mine just pointed me to this...
>>
>> <http://c-jump.com/>
>>
>> My first thought was, "I wonder what a Lisp version would look like?"
>
>
> I note the page has a rather restrictive IP statement, i.e., that the
> page is under copyright. Assuming the game is also under copyright,
> a Lisp version _might_ look like a copyright violation...
It even says at the bottom of the page:
US Patent 6,135,451
� 1997-2005 Igor Kholodov.
... which means a Lisp version might be a patent violation (!)
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Morten