User:Eriksiers: Difference between revisions

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{{mylang|PowerBASIC|My overall favorite BASIC, and my overall-preferred IDE}}

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{{Notmylang|QB64|Bloat, unnecessary library requirements, weird C++ code generation. Definitely not ready for prime time.}}

{{Notmylang|QB64|Bloat, unnecessary library requirements, ''weird'' C++ code generation. Definitely not ready for prime time.}}

{{Notmylang|Liberty Basic|I have my reasons; let's leave it at that.}}

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Somewhat obviously, my name is Erik Siers. I'm one of the BASIC cheerleaders on RC. (I can do other languages, but I prefer BASIC by a lot.)

I've been working on a [http://sourceforge.net/projects/visible/ VB4/5/6-to-ANSI-C/C++ translator] for a while. A ''long'' while -- first got the idea several years ago. No released code as yet, but it's progressing... slowly. ''Really'' slowly. One problem is that I'm writing it in VB6, so that it can translate itself (a [[wp:~~Self~~-hosting|~~Self~~-hosting]] compiler). I also need to do it without using any API calls whatsoever. (Not ''that'' hard, but I've already had to kick myself a few times.)

I've been working on a [http://sourceforge.net/projects/visible/ VB4/5/6-to-ANSI-C/C++ translator] for a while. A ''long'' while -- first got the idea several years ago. No released code as yet, but it's progressing... slowly. ''Really'' slowly. One problem is that I'm writing it in VB6, so that it can translate itself (a [[wp:self-hosting|self-hosting]] compiler). I also need to do it without using any API calls whatsoever. (Not ''that'' hard, but I've already had to kick myself a few times.)

(Another problem is that I have very little motivation to actually work on this project.)

I could use some help, actually. Anyone familiar with ~~non-~~[[~~.Net~~ ~~Framework~~|~~.Net~~]] [[:Category:Visual Basic~~|Visual~~ ~~Basic~~]], [[:Category:C|C]], or (especially) [[:Category:C++|C++]] would be very much appreciated. If you wanna join the party, [[User talk:Eriksiers|drop me a line]].

I could use some help, actually. Anyone familiar with [[:Category:Visual Basic|Visual Basic]] (''not'' [[:Category:Visual Basic .NET|VB.Net]]), [[:Category:C|C]], or (especially) [[:Category:C++|C++]] would be very much appreciated. If you wanna join the party, [[User talk:Eriksiers|drop me a line]].

=Current events=

I found an... ''interesting'' language, called '''[http://convergepl.org/ Converge]'''. It seems to be the bastard child of [[:Category:C++|C++]] and [[:Category:Python|Python]], with a bit of [[:Category:Lisp|Lisp]] added in just to confuse the issue.

I'm considering learning [[:Category:Lisp|Lisp]], or perhaps [[:Category:Scheme|Scheme]], or ''maybe'' [[:Category:Smalltalk|Smalltalk]] or [[:Category:Prolog|Prolog]]. This is meant to be a "career-enhancing" move, not a "for the hell of it" thing. Any advice or suggestions? (On [[User talk:Eriksiers|my talk page]], please.)

I'm sure it's a great language if you're used to it... but I'm a [[:Category:BASIC|BASIC]] code monkey; that sorta thing is just not for me.

=Operating Systems=

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**Also [[wp:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] on my rackmount server -- but only until I get around to putting something else on it... maybe Slackware, maybe not

*[[Windows]] [[wp:Windows XP|XP]]

**Also [[wp:Windows 7|~~Windows~~ 7]] and [[wp:Windows XP ~~Professional~~ ~~x64~~ ~~Edition|WinXP~~ x64]], for testing my programs

**Also [[wp:Windows XP Professional x64 Edition|WinXP x64]] and [[wp:Windows 7|Windows 7]] (32-bit) on my x64 machine, for testing my programs

***Win7 is ''way'' too slow on my system to be usable

****I ''might'' try Win8, if I can get it for free, legally -- but not holding my breath

*[[MS-DOS]] 7.1 (from [[wp:Windows 98#Windows 98 Second Edition|Windows 98SE]])

*[[wp:AROS Research Operating System|AROS]], because I wanted a non-Windows, non-*nix, non-DOS OS on my main machine

*[[Mac OS]] 8

*[[Mac OS]] 8 on my [[wp:PowerBook|PowerBook]]

**Also [[wp:System 7|System 7]], on a ~~different~~ ~~machine~~

**Also [[wp:System 7|System 7]], on my [[wp:Macintosh Performa|Performa]]

**Also also the x86 version of [[wp:Rhapsody (operating system)|Rhapsody DR2]], just for kicks

I also toy around with numerous other operating systems under emulation (too many to list, but ~~including~~ every 32-bit version of Windows, ~~and~~ a few Linux distros).

I also toy around with numerous other operating systems under emulation (too many to list, but includes every 32-bit version of Windows, more than a few Linux distros, and several other *nix systems).

=My code contributions=

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*My 500th edit was re-adding the [[Template:Implementation|implementation template]] to [[PowerBASIC Console Compiler]]. (Sigh.)

So far, I've only created a single task -- [[Sorting algorithms/Pancake sort]] ~~-- but I have ideas for a few more~~.

So far, I've only created a single task, [[Sorting algorithms/Pancake sort]].

===REALbasic===

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* [[User:Eriksiers/My email|My email]]

* [[User:Eriksiers/Knapsack problem|Alternate (broken) VB solution to the unbounded knapsack problem]]

* [[User:Eriksiers/Alternate CLISP exponentiation|Alternate CLISP exponentiation]]

* [[User:Eriksiers/Alternate CLISP exponentiation|Alternate (improved?) CLISP exponentiation]]

=Links=

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'''[http://sourceforge.net/users/eriksiers/ This]''' is my Sourceforge profile.

'''[http://eriksiers.altervista.org This]''' is what passes for my home page... not that I actually do anything with it. (Never even finished writing the pages; just kind of stopped halfway through...)

==Sorting==

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==My Sourceforge projects==

*[http://eeshell.sourceforge.net/ EEShell2] -- a replacement shell for 32-bit Windows

*[http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/igrokya/ IgrokYa] -- a file type identifier (like file(1); originally part of Proxlat (below))

*[http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/igrokya/ IgrokYa] -- a file type identifier (like [[wp:file (command)|file(1)]]; originally part of Proxlat (below))

**work stalled

**I've been working on this one recently; <s>pretty close to an alpha release, I think</s>

*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/kanjifinder/ KanjiFinder] -- a tool to help English-speaking users find Japanese [[wp:kanji|kanji]]

**data files nowhere near complete

**program's ready, but data files nowhere near complete

*[http://proxlat.sourceforge.net/ Proxlat] -- a general-purpose binary translator

**~~effectively~~ abandoned as ~~freakin'~~ impossible

**abandoned as impossible

*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/quickrun/ QuickRun] a simple program launcher (started as part of EEShell2)

*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/visible/ Visible] -- a Visual Basic-to-C/C++ translator

**work stalled

**work stalled, as usual

*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/eriks-tools Erik's tools] -- a small handful of tiny utilities I wrote

**I really need to update this one...

=Quote of the Day=

31337 is a prime number, but 1337 is not. Go figure.

Be a yardstick of quality.

Some people aren't used to an environment where excellence is expected.

-- Steve Jobs (R.I.P.)