User:Eriksiers
I can do this | |
Language | Proficiency |
BASIC | Greybeard |
PowerBASIC | Greybeard |
Visual Basic | Greybeard |
Batch File | Meh |
VBScript | Meh |
Pascal | Dork |
UNIX Shell | Dork |
Assembly | Grue |
Befunge | Grue |
C | Grue |
PHP | Grue |
Ruby | Grue |
Seed7 | Grue |
C++ | Weasel |
Visual Basic .NET | Weasel |
GML | just started learning |
I'd rather not do this | |
Languages | Reasons |
.Net Framework | I can... but I don't wanna |
C | ditto |
C++ | ditto |
[[:Category:anything but BASIC|anything but BASIC]] | do I really need a reason? |
Somewhat obviously, my name is Erik Siers. I seem to be the current BASIC cheerleader on RC. (I can do other languages, but I prefer BASIC by a lot.)
I've been working on a 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 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 work on this project.)
I could use some help, actually. Anyone familiar with non-.Net Visual Basic, C, or (especially) C++ would be very much appreciated. If you wanna join the party, drop me a line.
Current events
I'm pretty much done with GML and sorting algorithms for now. Knew it wouldn't last long.
I just scored a smoking deal on a dozen legacy-free iPAQs. Anyone want a US$20 computer?
Operating Systems
I use a lot of OS's:
- MS-DOS 7.1 (from Windows 98SE)
- Slackware Linux 12.2 (because I don't like the changes made for v13)
- Also Red Hat Enterprise Linux on a server I recently bought -- but only until I get around to putting something else on it... maybe Slackware, maybe not
- Mac OS 8
- also System 7, on a different machine
- Windows XP
- I will not be spending money on another version of Windows, unless I happen to buy a computer that includes it. I bought at least one copy of every major version of Windows, from 1.x through Server 2003; that's enough, I think.
- Also the beta version of Windows 7 on the new server, just because. Shrug.
My code contributions
Unless otherwise specifically indicated, I disclaim any rights I might have to any code that I have posted to Rosetta Code, and assign any appropriate copyright to Michael Mol. (Everything posted to RC is automatically covered by the GNU FDL anyway.) This specifically applies to code that I have posted. Other people's code that I have made changes to belongs to them, not me, and I disclaim any rights I might have to those changes.
My very first RC edit was adding BASIC to the task Convert an integer into words (now Number names).
My 100th edit was the QuickBasic -> QuickBASIC redirect page.
My 250th edit was the Windows Scripting Host -> Windows Script Host redirect page.
My 500th edit was re-adding the implementation template to PowerBASIC Console Compiler. (Sigh.)
REALbasic
It should be noted that all REALbasic examples that I've written (which can be found by looking through my user contributions page) were written in REALbasic 5.5.5, which is several years old. (For comparison, this might be considered somewhat akin to writing in C90 instead of C99 (or C1X), or writing for the original VB.Net instead of VB2010 -- my examples will probably work under modern versions... but they might not. YMMV.)
Unsorted Code
Some stuff that I wanted to put up here, but don't have any idea how to categorize (or else they don't fit any one category very well, or whatever).
- Prime numbers
- to OS (I really need to update this one...)
- My email
- Alternate (broken) VB solution to the unbounded knapsack problem
Links
I put up my programming links on their own page. Have fun.
This is my Wikipedia user page.
This is my Sourceforge profile.
Sorting
Some neat pages that graphically display various sorting algorithms.
- http://sortvis.org/
- Software to generate these images available here.
- http://www.sorting-algorithms.com/
- This one offers a few different ways to compare various algorithms.
- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sort_algorithms
My Sourceforge projects
- EEShell2 -- a replacement shell for 32-bit Windows
- IgrokYa -- a file type identifier (like file(1))
- KanjiFinder -- a tool to help English-speaking users find Japanese kanji (data files never completed)
- Proxlat -- a general-purpose binary translator (effectively abandoned as freakin' impossible)
- QuickRun a simple program launcher (started as part of EEShell2)
- Visible -- a Visual Basic-to-C/C++ translator (in progress)
- Erik's tools -- a small handful of tiny utilities I wrote (I really need to update this one...)
Quote of the Day
That is a very good question... yes, a very good question indeed... ...never ask it again.