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Re: Request for computer help.
From: Mike Hannibal
Date: 2005 Sep 9, 14:15 +1000
From: Mike Hannibal
Date: 2005 Sep 9, 14:15 +1000
I suspect that most people on this list are better programmers than me. However I've been a dabbler for years and there are a couple of interesting apps that are worth a look. Both run interpreted languages but have both simple builtin functions and the ability to write new functions. The first is LyME which runs on the Palm OS. The other is the already mentioned SciLab. LyME is I think a version of MatLab. The thing about SciLab is that functions can be called from a document and as I understand it are complied at runtime when used in that way. Secondly it can call routines written in other languages. Finally SciLab and LyME both have simple programming languages of their own. SciLab having particular strength around matrices etc. They are both freeware Regards Mike --- Smith_Peter@EMC.COM wrote: > On Tuesday, September 06, 2005 1:53 PM, George > asked: > > I've recently migrated from an old Mac to a laptop > running Windows XP. My > > new machine appears to offer no built-in > programming (unless there's > > something hidden away that I haven't discovered > yet). > > I believe that Windows XP comes with Windows > Scripting Host, which > will interpret VBScript and Jscript -- stripped-down > versions of > Visual Basic and Java, respectively. Since you > already know various > Basic dialects, that's probably the best place to > start. You can run > VBScript programs from the command line using the > CSCRIPT command, or > in the Windows GUI environment using WSCRIPT. > > Moreover, if you get the hang of VBScript, the more > powerful VBA > dialect lives inside various Microsoft applications > like Excel. The > combination of a spreadsheet and a procedural > language is very useful. > > Two primers in VBScript that I have found useful > are: > > William R. Stanek > Windows 2000 Scripting Bible > IDG Books > > Susanne Clark, et. al. > VBScript Programmer's Reference > Wrox Press, Ltd. > > Both include reams of material you can ignore, but > have decent > introductions to the language elements, to let you > get from where > you are to where you want to be. > > -- Peter > Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com