This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
Search Results (22 messages)
Doug, I saw your letter in "Dr. Dobbs" this month. I just wanted to say that I agree with you about Mops. I sent Mike Hore the text of your letter, just in case he doesn't get DDJ at his location. I'm just beginning to appreciate the really nice object…
Gary, THINK C is an ANSI-compliant compiler, so you should have no problem dropping non-TCL code (as long as it isn't object code…or objects that might conflict with the TCL) into an application that uses a TCL skeleton. In fact, it's quite easy to do so, especially if you've built…
Burt, You're welcome…and I appreciate your suggestion regarding the index. If I get a chance to revise the book I'll try to do a more comprehensive job. Actually, it's not the transition from C to C++ that seems so difficult, I think it's the transition from procedural to object-oriented design…
Burt, If you're using the TCL and AppMaker-generated lists, then they are subclasses of the TCL's CTable class, which doesn't use the Mac's list manager at all. In this respect, lists aren't limited in size, as they are with list manager lists. You _do_ have to maintain an external structure…
Burt, Thanks for the comment on the index. I hadn't heard that before and it's good input. I appreciate suggestions for improvements. Generating an index is almost an art in itself. If I get an opportunity to revise the book, I'll be sure to "beef up" the index. Thanks, -rich-
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 19, 1993 10:58 AM
David, "Perhaps he has been looking at Claris Works for Macintosh. :-)" Or better yet, Userland Frontier driving _all_ of our applications with scripts. 🙂 -rich-
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 18, 1993 11:52 AM
Peter, "I was just surprised to discover you were from the industry." I spent several years designing new MOS LSI devices, including the world's first binary floating-point processor (the AMD Am9511). I enjoyed the experience and learned a lot about the technology and also the "black art" of semiconductor manufacturing.…
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 18, 1993 11:52 AM
Joe, "Turn the lights up! " Even using a hologen light can't fix the lack of discrimination of tiny artifacts in my old eyes. Unfortunately, I had to get a magnifying glass to see the decimal in the ad. I think that the typeface Motorola used was just too "cutesy"…
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 18, 1993 11:52 AM
Simon, "I'm looking for a stand alone application. It looks like I'll have to do it the hard way…" Building an interpreter for such expressions shouldn't be very difficult. You might give the spreadsheet example in my book a look. It includes code for an expression parser that handles simple…
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 17, 1993 12:34 PM
Peter, I was obviously oversimplifying the situation, merely to offer a relatively concise response. Of course, all the elements you mention contribute to the cost of manufacturing a device. There is also any labor-intensive work, such as wire bonding (that isn't automated), as well as the cost for testing (which…
Burt, Handling radio buttons is quite simple, I think. If you refer to my book, you'll see that I'm assigning each of them an (arbitrary) ID by simply storing it in the "myRadioButton->ID" instance variable. From that point, the DoCommand method gets called when a radio button is clicked. You…
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 17, 1993 12:05 PM
Joe, I've already be chastened by several others for the slip of my eye when reading the Moto ad in MacWeek. It occurred to me at the time that it would be a major achievement to develop a package that could dissipate 85 watts…but I didn't give it much thought.…
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 16, 1993 11:53 AM
Simon, "Is there any quick and easy way to turn a string (eg/ 'sin(x)') into an expression, for which you can substitue a value of x?" If you're willing to use AppleEvents, and pass the string to either Userland Frontier or HyperCard, either will return a result that you can…
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 16, 1993 11:53 AM
Robert, "Is there any kind of generalization one could make on cost given the area of a chip." Yes and no. All manufacturing costs are figured on a per-wafer basis. Depending on the size of the wafer, you might get more or less potential die. Depending upon the average yield/wafer,…
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 15, 1993 11:44 AM
Craig, You're right. I was mistaken. My old eyes didn't see the decimal point in Motorola's ad for the 601. I come from a semiconductor background and couldn't imagine how Moto could dissipate 85 watts in an LSI package…but I believed it until I was recently told to look for…
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 15, 1993 11:44 AM
Robert, "Umm, that's 8.5 watts. Those damn decimal points!!!" You're absolutely right. I looked at the ad once again, using a magnifying glass, and there was, indeed, a decimal point there. That's a whole lot better. I couldn't figure out how Motorola managed to build a package that could dissipate…
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 14, 1993 11:08 AM
Craig, "Actually, this will be an essential component of any Pentium-based subnotebook. The only technical challenge is board placement of the cooling tower for optimal heat dissipation." If you've looked at the PowerPC 601 chip's specs, you'll see that the Pentium is a much lower power chip, by far, than…
#Nudging the user
Message #131694
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 13, 1993 10:16 AM
Brooks, When I was working for AMD, there was a group working on the possibility of integrating batteries along with the flip-flops in RAM chips. After the Japanese pretty much took over the RAM market, that work stopped…but it was an interesting concept: self-powered RAM. It's possible to extend the…
#How hard to convert?
Message #131693
From:
Rich Parker
MAUG(R)/Macintosh Developers/Programmers Forum
· C and Pascal
July 13, 1993 10:16 AM
Richard, If you wish, you can find most all Mac development tools by calling APDA, the Apple Programmer's and Developer's Association, at 1-800-282-2732. They carry all of the "official" Apple tools, as well as those from many third party developers. One caveat: APDA's prices are list prices, and they don't…
Jonathan, I also use Microsoft Word, extensively. I spend most of my time in that environment—but with just a simple style-sheet that provides visual separation of paragraphs, and no formatting per-se—and then import the text into Ventura Publisher for formatting and layout. I confess I haven't yet used VP's index…
Jonathan, It looks like you and I are in the same game. I make my (very good) living at writing technical manuals for Silicon Valley high-technology companies and also have aspirations to write fiction! I know very well of the "other" fiction that you mentioned—it's all too prevalent in this…
Eli, We're on the same side of this one, too. I have been using Ventura for publication of complex technical manuals (with lots of illustrations) and find that it is FAST, Comprehensive and produces great camera-ready copy on a PostScript printer (Apple LaserWriter Plus, in my case). As far ahead…