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    Re: Request for computer help.
    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
    >
    
    
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