From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,34b29f7884ececc8 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-05-11 04:24:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.tpinternet.pl!newsfeed.gazeta.pl!news.onet.pl!not-for-mail From: "kat-Zygfryd" <6667@wp.pl> Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada & Scripting Date: Sun, 11 May 2003 13:23:43 +0200 Organization: news.onet.pl Sender: samael_@op.pl@pc96.konin.cvx.ppp.tpnet.pl Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: pc96.konin.cvx.ppp.tpnet.pl X-Trace: news.onet.pl 1052652246 15662 217.99.114.96 (11 May 2003 11:24:06 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@onet.pl NNTP-Posting-Date: 11 May 2003 11:24:06 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:37178 Date: 2003-05-11T11:24:06+00:00 List-Id: "John R. Strohm" wrote in message news:b9lb6p$ihp@library1.airnews.net... > The implication was that, if a TOTAL non-programmer, who has been strongly > conditioned to believe that she/he could not program a computer to save > her/his life, could successfully program in LISP to accomplish day-to-day > tasks, with no prior formal training in programming *OR* LISP, it CAN'T be > all that user-unfriendly. I see that I also needed to include a sarcasm tag in my previous post. > Now, I'm sure you have an accurate appraisal of your own abilities, > and I have no doubt you are correct when you say that learning to do casual > programming in LISP is far beyond your current and potential > capabilities. Learning LISP is far beyond my desire and amount of time for the project. > But maybe you underestimate your worldbuilders? > I will point out that one of the standard programming assignments in MIT > course 6.001 (the freshman EE programming class, required of *ALL* incoming > EECS freshmen) is doing, essentially, OBJECT-ORIENTED small-scale Adventure > game worldbuilding, in LISP (Scheme dialect, to be precise). If incoming > freshment, with typically NO prior experience programming in LISP can do it, > maybe your worldbuilders can, too? Well, I study on PUT not MIT. If you like LISP so much then program in it, I find it ugly and unfriendly. Of course you can make it a scripting lang. in a MUD, you can even make assembler or direct virtual machine code, but what for? I want the language to be comfortable and fast to develop in. If you wish to discuss our personal preferences then contact me via mail. Zygfryd