1. to Brent (a starter)
Brent,
Welcome to the list. It sounds like you're completely new to programming=
=2E =
Well, then, here's programming 101.
Programming is telling your computer to do what you want it to do. =
Euphoria is a programming language that translates your commands to the
language into stuff the computer can do.
You program by typing "code", you speak the language Euphoria. You must
type in a text editor and run your program. Read Section 1 of the
refman.doc file.
OK, so now you know you type stuff in a text editor and run your program,=
and debug it of course! So what to type?
First, you must understand the concept of data. Data is anything that yo=
u
tell the computer. User input, how many days are in a year, etc. are all=
data. But the computer needs to know the data, so you tell it. The data=
is stored in _variables_. That's the universal name for data. As it
suggests, data can change dynamicly.
Examples of variables include:
myname =3D Brent
mycountry =3D usa
You can also have things that don't change. They are called constants.
hoursinday =3D 24
daysinyear =3D 365
OK, you know what a variable and constants are. Now, Euphoria is differe=
nt
in that you tell it what kind of data a variable can hold. To Euphoria,
there are only two types of data.
sequences and atoms
Objects cover both. If I tell Euphoria something is an object, I can put=
both types of data in that variable.
Sequences are unique to Euphoria. They are represented like this:
{1,3,2} -- a sequence
An atom is a number.
7
55
153
There is a special type of atom, an integer. This type of variable can
hold only one kind of data, integers.
I've heard people are working on tutorials, but none of come out. This
should get you started with Euphoria. Try going through the referance
manual again, armed with this information, line by line. At least throug=
h
Section 2.1. I'll try to give you another installment every so often. T=
he
members of this list are very helpful, too, and they can (and probably
will) expand on what I told you.
--Alan
=
2. Re: to Brent (a starter)
>Examples of variables include:
>
>myname =3D Brent
>mycountry =3D usa
What's all this 3D stuff? Is it all Euphoria 2.0? If i still had my aol
account i'd be able to get it. BTW, is Euphoria for Win32 ONLY?
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irisnmatt at prodigy.net. Then again, maybe not) Euphoria programmer
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3. Re: to Brent (a starter)
- Posted by irv at ELLIJAY.COM
Sep 24, 1998
On Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:00:32 -0400, Matt Z Nunyabidness <matt1421 at JUNO.COM>
wrote:
>>Examples of variables include:
>>
>>myname =3D Brent
>>mycountry =3D usa
>What's all this 3D stuff? Is it all Euphoria 2.0? If i still had my aol
>account i'd be able to get it. BTW, is Euphoria for Win32 ONLY?
>-------------------------------------
The 3D stuff is because of some setting in
your mail client. ("=" in hex is 3D.)
Look for "options" or "preferences" or
whatever to change it. Or just replace
all 3D's with a space.
Euphoria is for DOS32 (ex.exe) or WIN32
(exw.exe). Get 'em both.
Irv
4. Re: to Brent (a starter)
oh, ok. stupid juno. bare-bones w/out preferences. just member profiles
that get you ads.
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irisnmatt at prodigy.net. Then again, maybe not) Euphoria programmer
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5. Re: to Brent (a starter)
>>Examples of variables include:
>>
>>myname =3D Brent
>>mycountry =3D usa
>What's all this 3D stuff? Is it all Euphoria 2.0? If i still had my aol
>account i'd be able to get it. BTW, is Euphoria for Win32 ONLY?
No, the =3D stuff, a due to the listserver screwing up MiMe encoding.
Weird though, I didnt see the =3D's this time.
No, Euphoria 2 is for both DOS32 and WIN32.
Ralf
6. Re: to Brent (a starter)
k. my other puter is DOS16 and WIN16.
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7. Re: to Brent (a starter)
- Posted by bn <mrsmoo at ES.CO.NZ>
Sep 25, 1998
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Tu <ATU5713 at COMPUSERVE.COM>
To: EUPHORIA at cwisserver1.mcs.muohio.edu
<EUPHORIA at cwisserver1.mcs.muohio.edu>
Date: Thursday, 24 September 1998 23:37
Subject: to Brent (a starter)
Brent,
Welcome to the list. It sounds like you're completely new to programming.
Well, then, here's programming 101.
Programming is telling your computer to do what you want it to do.
Euphoria is a programming language that translates your commands to the
language into stuff the computer can do.
You program by typing "code", you speak the language Euphoria. You must
type in a text editor and run your program. Read Section 1 of the
refman.doc file.
OK, so now you know you type stuff in a text editor and run your program,
and debug it of course! So what to type?
First, you must understand the concept of data. Data is anything that you
tell the computer. User input, how many days are in a year, etc. are all
data. But the computer needs to know the data, so you tell it. The data
is stored in _variables_. That's the universal name for data. As it
suggests, data can change dynamicly.
Examples of variables include:
myname = Brent
mycountry = usa
You can also have things that don't change. They are called constants.
hoursinday = 24
daysinyear = 365
OK, you know what a variable and constants are. Now, Euphoria is different
in that you tell it what kind of data a variable can hold. To Euphoria,
there are only two types of data.
sequences and atoms
Objects cover both. If I tell Euphoria something is an object, I can put
both types of data in that variable.
Sequences are unique to Euphoria. They are represented like this:
{1,3,2} -- a sequence
An atom is a number.
7
55
153
There is a special type of atom, an integer. This type of variable can
hold only one kind of data, integers.
I've heard people are working on tutorials, but none of come out. This
should get you started with Euphoria. Try going through the referance
manual again, armed with this information, line by line. At least through
Section 2.1. I'll try to give you another installment every so often. The
members of this list are very helpful, too, and they can (and probably
will) expand on what I told you.
--Alan
hiya alan
thanx fo your response
what you told me has helped a great deal always wondered what the atoms and
sequence was
thanx will look forward to your next email
by the way the variable would be
myname=brent
mycountry=new zealand
thanx
brent
