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To: icon-group@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 03:02:04 -0700
From: Mr Plow <plowman@springfield.net>
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Subject: Re: Is this language dead?
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I did send a request asking to be put in the group and I never got a
reply.
I sent it probably 4 days ago. I sent it using my regular email program
which
does have my correct address. Any public posts I place on usenet I use
a
fake email for, because I dont expect email replys, only group posts.
(No
need to risk the chance of even one more piece of spam :) Sorry for the
confusion.
The fake email is a Simpsons allusion.
Ill try getting on that list again. If you can add, or anyone reading
this can
add me to the list, my email is:
jebediah
AT
bigfoot
DOT
com
My main confusion at this point is what Win32 API I am able to use, and
how. In particular Registry access, and Common Controls. Will it
require a knowledge of C/C++? I've search the web for info on Icon but
all I can find is the same cs.arizona.edu info, which I well..., Ive
read it all about 20 times : P.
I read a bit about the loadfunc() and callout() procedures but until I
can actually see then in use with a win32 API type of call, I have no
idea what they are talking about. The majority of the documentation
seems to be focused on Unix environments. Im sort of shocked, but even
alot of the IPL Libraries are unix based, which leaves me confused as to
why they are included in the Win32 based version of Icon. Portability
maybe, but even then, alot of them have prerequisits of 'unix'.
I like the flow of Icon code. The language was easy enough to catch on
to with my basic knowledge of programming. (Im mildly familiar with Dos
Batch/Basic/Pascal/Javascript and mIRC script (which might not seem to
important, but it is very similar in flow/branching/logic to Icon)).
I'd love to keep working in ICON, but I just dont want to be limited in
what win32
abilities I can make use of. Anyone who can offer me windows specific
pointers please do contact me at the address above. I would love to see
ms windows focused code. A few good examples of code I would like to
see are treelist, listview, and registry access sources. Sadly it
appears the only good example I can find is that for WI ide, which has
no calls to loadfunc() and callout() Win32 API's.
Thanks for the replies,
Jeb
Oh, an added correction. Many of the functions, and alot of the
documentation is dated 2 years ago or before. The version 9.3.1? of the
compiler I have is quite new. I stated that wrong before, sorry.
David M. Cook wrote:
>
> On Thu, 09 Apr 1998 08:53:52 -0700, Mr Plow <mr-plow@springfield.net> wrote:
>
> >I notice the software seems to not have been changed in two years,
> >and no one posts here. Is no one using this lang anymore?
>
> >I have alot of confusion on what I could/couldnt do with this lang,
> >but It seems theres no where/one to talk to about it?
>
> I just lurk here because obscure languages are sort of a hobby of mine.
> Here are some URLs to check out:
>
> http://www.cs.arizona.edu/icon/index.htm
> http://www.ssc.com/lg/issue27/jeffery.html
>
> Dave Cook
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