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So what happens when someone creates a RC page for a language that isn't listed on HOPL? For example I could imagine starting a page about [http://wiki.tcl.tk/62 itcl] (which is to Tcl kinda like C++ is to C) but which isn't listed over there. Just curious... |
So what happens when someone creates a RC page for a language that isn't listed on HOPL? For example I could imagine starting a page about [http://wiki.tcl.tk/62 itcl] (which is to Tcl kinda like C++ is to C) but which isn't listed over there. Just curious... |
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:It would still link to a search for the language. I don't think there is a way to check whether a page exists for a language on the HOPL so we're basically just hoping. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 19:26, 5 March 2008 (MST) |
:It would still link to a search for the language. I don't think there is a way to check whether a page exists for a language on the HOPL so we're basically just hoping. --[[User:Mwn3d|Mwn3d]] 19:26, 5 March 2008 (MST) |
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::It is unfortunate to have the HOPL link not point directly to [http://hopl.murdoch.edu.au/showlanguage.prx?exp=1558&language=J the right page], taking J as an example. Instead, it brings up a list of roughly one hundred unconnected languages. I think the HOPL linking would be better better hand-crafted than automated. |
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So what happens when someone creates a RC page for a language that isn't listed on HOPL? For example I could imagine starting a page about itcl (which is to Tcl kinda like C++ is to C) but which isn't listed over there. Just curious...
- It would still link to a search for the language. I don't think there is a way to check whether a page exists for a language on the HOPL so we're basically just hoping. --Mwn3d 19:26, 5 March 2008 (MST)
- It is unfortunate to have the HOPL link not point directly to the right page, taking J as an example. Instead, it brings up a list of roughly one hundred unconnected languages. I think the HOPL linking would be better better hand-crafted than automated.