Re: Euler Project Problems.

On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:44 AM, John Rible <[email protected]> wrote:
> no, the  C@+  is correct (most systems have it defined)
>
> : C@+ ( ca -- ca+ char )  COUNT ;   \ or " dup 1 chars + swap c@ "
>  So it's the comment that is wrong, not the code.
> That always gives me a bad feeling.
>
> Good hunting!
>
> -John

Hi John, and thank you for the definition. I did find the definition
for C@+ defined in the Dutch version of the file. Lol now I read
Dutch. well, not really.

As you prob'ly know, the comment about the possibility of the mis-type
was my own as I read over the file, changing things.

The ASCII->BINARY word also has a different definition in the Dutch
version, making the ANS version suspect yet again. It's defined in the
Dutch as:

: ASCII->BINARY  &0 - U->D :

where U->D is actually the U>D that you defined for me earlier.

Makeing these changes to the original file only crashes the win32forth
system, which means to me that there is something fundamentally wrong
with this algorithm in it's current form in this file.



As you may or may not know, I'd like to try a version of this for
Project Euler 3, using colorforth. I'm nearly finished with the
Floating point version. I'd eventually like to test this against that,
also in colorforth.

What I'm getting at is I may abandon trying to fix this file and just
take the idea to colorforth. Maybe that will help me understand how
this file is actually supposed to work.

Thank you so much for your input and your interest.

ALSO! I've been meaning to say...

Glad to see you on this list. I don't think I've seen you say anything
here since I joined 5 or 6 years ago now. But I think I recall you
earlier in the list when I read back some.

I am only a little familure with your own work, a mistake I will
correct very soon but...

Your CARDIAC has inspired my own "UMN folE-Ndar " ( concatenation of
folding and calendar and pronounced  Human Folly ender. ) The UMN is
the way the 3 peices of paper are folded to make this organizer that
can actually work like a computer because it can loop and branch.
Even the letters FolE-Ndar spells out Folendar Organizing Life
Electronic Newsletter Detailing Achiveable Results.

Though I don't know all of the specifics of CARDIAC ( great name! ) (
this I will also correct when I watch your movie about it again before
I sleep tonight) the fact that you made a paper computer inspired me
to make my 3-page organizer system into a computer as well. AND FOR
THAT...

I am eternally greatful for your inspiration.

Ray
-- 
Raymond St. Marie ii,
colorforthray.info