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Date:	Thu, 15 May 2003 09:26:36 PDT7
From:	Peter Skye <pskye@peterskye.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
To:	scoug-programming@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Programming: A slight pause

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Lynn H. Maxson wrote:
>
> . . . the "second Saturday" in June . . .
>
> At that time we should discuss some of Dave
> Watson's ideas on revamping the web pages.

Wrong. You shouldn't "discuss" them. You should *create* the new web
pages during the meeting. Get it done. If you don't have a laptop,
print out the HTML and update it by hand at the meeting. Get it done,
get it done.

> . . . the algorithm on permutations. Bob Blair then
> offered a REXX . . . Greg's version in Python.

And again, I thank both of them.

> . . . give us a fundamental ability
> to "read" in several languages.

I'm truly sorry I'm going to miss this meeting. This is an interest
I've had for 35 years -- ever since I wrote a 1401 Autocoder to PL/I
translator in 1967. (Quite a learning experience, that project.)

There *must* be a common upper bound to algorithmic thinking. I'm still
in mental pursuit of what that bound is. Where is the commonality
between Rexx and Java, for example? Dealing with statement exceptions
("end of file" is an example and can be sensed before the read
operation; "I/O error" is another and can only be sensed after the read
operation) is but one differentiation of language logic.

- Peter

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