1. Using Euphoria to Solve Real World Problems
- Posted by Alan Tu <ATU5713 at COMPUSERVE.COM> Dec 17, 1998
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- Last edited Dec 18, 1998
The beauty of Euphoria is that I know how to use it. I know one other programming language, QBasic, and I used it to write one program: a non-encrypt "security program" that would prompt you for a number when you booted and if you didn't enter the right number in some tries, it hanged the computer and wailed. Just as I was stalled on what to do next, I came to know Euphoria. And even when now I know a whole lot more about QBasic, I appreciate Euphoria more. How inflexible those QBasic arrays are, how inefficient you have to program to do real real-world things, and how restrictive is its memory. So far, I've used Euphoria to write programs to help _me_, to help _me_ to real things I have to do. They don't have fancy graphics, but they work for me, and I like that. 1. 3x3 matrix solver 2. 4x4 matrix solver 3. an "alarm clock" to play a CD track 4. a poor encryption program (good prog, bad algorithm in light of recent discussion) 5. a program to calculate my three biorhythm cycles 6. a program to time my pulse for 60 seconds (it doesn't take my pulse, mind you, but it helps me to do so) 7. a program to interface with the windows clipboard with a "real" e-mail encryption program 8. three programs to help me calculate integrals somewhat precisely 9. my newest, Simpson's Rule program to calculate integrals 10. Work in progress, a program that will allow a fantasy basketball league I participate in to play head-to-head I've used some of other people's routines, and created my own for myself which I've posted. (I even seen it in a prog, don't know if the author copied it, no matter.) Euphoria is a language that I use to solve real world applications. Thanks RDS! Alan