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2-Nov-21 22:37

Spirit and resin boiling in pot? (8)

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Rich Leyshon3-Nov-21 1:41

Rich Leyshon

3-Nov-21 1:41

Well, if it was a pot of batter then it could be
Spirit: Rum
Resin: Paste
Boiling: anagram indicator
Giving TEMPURAS

But I shalln't hold my breath ...

OriginalGriff3-Nov-21 1:57

3-Nov-21 1:57

There is - we are told by educators - no such thing as a "wrong answer".

But if there was, that would be it! Laugh | :laugh:

Rich Leyshon3-Nov-21 2:10

Rich Leyshon

3-Nov-21 2:10

And now, not only am I a beacon of staggering failure but also have to quell the desperate urge for tempura prawns. D'Oh! | :doh:

OriginalGriff3-Nov-21 2:25

3-Nov-21 2:25

Oooh! Ruriko (a Japanese girlfriend I lived with for a while in the 90's) made lovely Tempura Prawns ... light, crisp batter, even vegetables were good when she did them that way ... I remember them even now.

Rich Leyshon3-Nov-21 2:33

Rich Leyshon

3-Nov-21 2:33

You're not helping!

Greg Utas3-Nov-21 1:51

Greg Utas

3-Nov-21 1:51

resin -> gum
boiling (anagram)
in pot
spirit (def) gumption

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OriginalGriff3-Nov-21 1:57

3-Nov-21 1:57

And you are up tomorrow! Thumbs Up | :thumbsup:

Greg Utas3-Nov-21 2:37

Greg Utas

3-Nov-21 2:37

Anticipating pxfox, it wasn't very Ximenean, was it?!

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OriginalGriff3-Nov-21 2:48

3-Nov-21 2:48

You know me ... just say what you see! Laugh | :laugh:

bravo Pete O'Hanlon's new blog series "100 Days of TypeScript" ... began October 25

pkfox4-Nov-21 0:05

pkfox

4-Nov-21 0:05

"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP

BillWoodruff2-Nov-21 16:46

BillWoodruff

2-Nov-21 16:46

Yes, one of CodeProject's legends [^] is going to lead us to the promised-land where the dreck of untyped EcmaScript (aka JavaScript) cannot go.

Thanks, Pete !

«The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled» Plutarch

Re: bravo Pete O'Hanlon's new blog series "100 Days of TypeScript" ... began October 25

Pete O'Hanlon2-Nov-21 21:02

Pete O'Hanlon

2-Nov-21 21:02

You're welcome Bill. I'm having a great time writing them. It's no secret that I love TypeScript; I thought I'd write a series to try and inspire that same love in others. It's funny that this series is where I am having the most engagement from people, it must be something they have wanted.

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Re: bravo Pete O'Hanlon's new blog series "100 Days of TypeScript" ... began October 25

Nelek3-Nov-21 0:27

Nelek

3-Nov-21 0:27

Pete O'Hanlon wrote:
I thought I'd write a series to try and inspire that same love in others.

Don't be so unrealistic. It is already a big success if you manage to take the aversion for it from some devs... Roll eyes | :rolleyes:

M.D.V.

If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Re: bravo Pete O'Hanlon's new blog series "100 Days of TypeScript" ... began October 25

Stuart Dootson3-Nov-21 1:27

Stuart Dootson

3-Nov-21 1:27

Nifty - I shall make sure to read, as I'm just starting Typescript, with a view to type-ifying some old Javascript I wrote, as I'm pretty sure it's buggy as anything...

I've already found one or two... 'anomalies', shall we say, as I've started to add type annotations...

Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

Re: bravo Pete O'Hanlon's new blog series "100 Days of TypeScript" ... began October 25

dandy723-Nov-21 3:30

dandy72

3-Nov-21 3:30

With the endless proliferation of JS frameworks out there, I've never really been interested in trying to commit to something that risks being unsupported next week or next month.

That being said, if TypeScript is useful with what would otherwise be vanilla JS, then that has some appeal to me. I'm looking forward to go over Pete's series (presuming I find the time).

How to be a carpenter

honey the codewitch2-Nov-21 13:18

honey the codewitch

2-Nov-21 13:18

It has been late nights trying to make Reggie pass tests. Until the other night I took the wrecking ball and leveled it to the foundation.

Too much maintenance trying to target SQL and C# (and Python and Java and C++ and Rust and Mind$%_@ and whatever else the way I was doing it) It's too easy to make one off code that does the wrong thing under the right circumstances.

I'm creating a legolike way to write the code, to where I describe the machine and various targets can render it like

PROCEDURE_MATCH
MATCH_DECLARATIONS
WHILE_CHARLOOP
    MARK_LOCATION
    MARK_STATE
    STATE_TRANSITIONS
    DO_STATE_BLOCK_END
    DO_ACCEPT_OR_ERROR
END_WHILE_CHARLOOP
END_PROCEDURE_MATCH

Something like that, and then that invokes the templates for the given render target to render each of those elements in the target language at the given indent level

The whole app uses asp like templates now. Even the CLI "using screen" is rendered using an asp template.

So you want to be a carpenter, do you?
Well it takes more than a hammer, boy
You're gonna need blueprints and a will to build, and...
Straighten your cap! you look like you've been through a war
Wipe that grin off your mug, you got a sturdy frame?
Sluggish posture just won't cut it
You're gonna need schooling, and, and, and take notes!
And god if I catch you yawning again you're gonna regret ever asking for my help
And dammit you gotta hustle, this is a slacker-free zone
And, where's my pencil? Go get your hard-hat
Here's a nickel, go get us a ruler and a saw and a drill and lots of graph paper...

Yo..
I used to have a rope ladder but tattered were the rungs
I strung it from the highest willow, trying to hug the sun
The seventh level buckled and I tumbled from the summit
Now I'm back to re-climb and this time light my cigarette from it

- Aesop Rock
How to Be a Carpenter - Aesop Rock, from the album Float[^]

Real programmers use butterflies

PIEBALDconsult2-Nov-21 13:22

PIEBALDconsult

2-Nov-21 13:22

Or, ya know, XSLT...

honey the codewitch2-Nov-21 13:36

honey the codewitch

2-Nov-21 13:36

AAAAAARGH!

I can barely get ASP to format my using screen correctly, i don't even want to try to mess with that using tags. Besides, in the end the idea is to save me typing, and XML is very verbose. meh.

Real programmers use butterflies

englebart2-Nov-21 14:06

englebart

2-Nov-21 14:06

xsl:variable - assign once, you can never change the value.

How much time did I waste on trying to vary the value?

Stuart Dootson3-Nov-21 1:36

Stuart Dootson

3-Nov-21 1:36

Ah, one of the tools I've got to know well... It's a shame that a) XML has such an 'enterprise' stigma to it, and b) things used instead of XML (JSON, mainly) don't have similar tooling as integrated as they are with XML.

Java, Basic, who cares - it's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippy cr*p

Nelek3-Nov-21 0:28

Nelek

3-Nov-21 0:28

honey the codewitch wrote:
How to be a carpenter

Wood, saw, hammer and nails?

M.D.V.

den2k883-Nov-21 1:01

den2k88

3-Nov-21 1:01

Don't forget the glue

GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

pkfox3-Nov-21 4:06

pkfox

3-Nov-21 4:06

That reminded me of COBOL {shudder}