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Line 1: {{mylangbegin\|~~Fargle~~If ~~Bargle~~it's not listed, it's read-only... at best}} {{mylang\|BASIC\|~~[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/greybeard~~My ~~Greybeard]~~preferred language family}} {{mylang\|Visual Basic .NET\|Meh}} ~~{{mylang\|PowerBASIC\|[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/greybeard Greybeard]}}~~ {{mylang\|PowerBASIC\|My overall favorite BASIC,<BR>and my overall-preferred IDE}} ~~{{mylang\|Visual Basic\|[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/greybeard Greybeard]}}~~ {{mylang\|FreeBASIC\|The compiler I actually use for almost everything}} ~~{{mylang\|DOS Batch File\|Meh}}~~ {{mylang\|Visual Basic\|What I used for Windows GUI up until Windows 7 (I skipped Vista)}} ~~{{mylang\|UNIX Shell\|Meh}}~~ {{mylang\|VBA\|Where I used to do a lot of my paying work}} ~~{{mylang\|VBScript\|Meh}}~~ {{mylang\|QuickBASIC\|I don't really use it very much any more}} ~~{{mylang\|Assembly\|Dork}}~~ {{mylang\|REALbasic\|Nice language, but I don't use it hardly ever}} ~~{{mylang\|Pascal\|Dork}}~~ {{mylang\|~~Seed7~~Batch File\|~~Dork~~Somewhere between "okay" and "decent"}} {{mylang\|CUNIX Shell\|~~Grue~~Nowhere near as good as I need to be}} {{mylang\|~~C++~~VBScript\|~~Grue~~I'm... okay...}} {{mylang\|C\|I'm adequate}} ~~{{mylang\|Visual Basic .NET\|[http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/W/weasel.html Weasel]}}~~ {{mylang\|C++\|I'm... okay...}} {{mylang\|JavaScript\|shrug}} {{mylang\|PHP\|Minimal knowledge}} {{mylang\|Pascal\|Read-only, for the most part}} {{mylang\|Assembly\|Read-only}} <!-- {{mylang\|Lisp\|Minimal knowledge}} --> <!-- don't remember anything about this one any more {{mylang\|GML\|Minimal knowledge}} --> <!-- {{mylang\|APL\|''just'' started}} --> <!-- {{mylang\|Befunge\|Shrug}} --> {{mylangend}} [[File:Eriksiers avatar.jpg\|right\|thumb\|Don't I look happy?]] ~~{{notmylangbegin\|Fargle Blat}}~~ ~~{{notmylang\|.Net Framework\|just not my thing, eh?}}~~ ~~{{notmylang\|C\|I can use it, but I don't wanna}}~~ ~~{{notmylang\|C++\|ditto}}~~ ~~{{mylangend}}~~ Somewhat obviously, my name is Erik Siers. I'm one of the [[:Category:BASIC\|BASIC]] cheerleaders on RC. (I can do other languages, but I prefer BASIC by a lot.) I've been a member of RC for a long time -- I created my account in 2009 -- but I am not one of the original crew, not by a few years. I don't really do any edits any more; my last meaningful edit (besides this page) was in mid-2018. ~~Yeah, me.~~ =Current events= ~~Don't believe those lists over there. -->~~ I've been improving my C and C++ lately. A new client was actually looking for someone with my exact skillset (fluent in BASIC, decent enough in C/C++) and I've had to "get good". ~~They're all lies, and ''totally'' contradictory.~~ I'm still looking for suggestions/recommendations for a development system that supports both Android and iOS, hopefully with a RAD IDE. (RAD is optional but strongly preferred.) The only language I have and am comfortable using is '''extremely''' game-oriented and always uses 3D space, even if you don't need it, and I'm working on an app where that's a deal breaker. I'm open to literally anything, preferably free (open source optional). Development can happen on [[Windows]], [[Linux]], or x86 (32-bit) [[MacOS\|Mac]]. (I no longer have the x64 Macbook.) I would use [[Xojo]], which fits the bill, but the price is a bit more than I'm ready to pay at the moment. 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, the <s>classic</s> ''standard'' test of any compiler/translator/whatever.) Leave a comment on my talk page if you have a suggestion/etc. My other current projects include hacks to games using pieces of other games. The hard part is doing it in such a way that I can release my hacks for others to use without opening myself up to copyright-infringement lawsuits. (Generally, it involves utility programs that take pieces of 'Game A', already installed on the end-user's machine, and throwing them at 'Game B', also installed locally. Sometimes it's mindlessly simple; sometimes, it's mind-bogglingly hard -- it all depends on the games I'm messing with. ''See also [[wp:Masochism]].'') =Operating Systems= ~~=Carpe Ichthys=~~ I use a lot of OS's, depending on which physical system we're talking about... ~~Dr. Pepper owns my soul. Mr. Pibb owns my left pinkie.~~ My workstation: [[wp:Windows 10\|Windows 10]], for now. Considering my options. Work happens in various systems under emulation. My server: [[wp:Slackware\|Slackware Linux]] v15. My laptop: [[wp:Windows 10\|Windows 10]]. It's [[wp:Windows 11\|Windows 11]]-capable, but I don't care to go there. My iMac: [[wp:Mac OS X Snow Leopard\|Mac OS X Snow Leopard]]. Seriously. My G4 Mac: [[wp:Mac OS X Leopard\|Mac OS X Leopard]]/[[wp:Mac OS X Tiger\|Mac OS X Tiger]]/[[wp:Mac OS 9\|Mac OS 9]] Thinking about adding [[wp:MorphOS\|MorphOS]] to the mix, just cuz. My ThinkPad: [[wp:eComStation\|eComStation]] v2. Yes, I'm seriously running [[OS/2]]. *[[wp:FreeDOS\|FreeDOS]] and [[wp:Salix Linux\|Salix Linux]] also installed, but eCS is what I mostly use. It's funny that I own <s>so many</s> Macs, since I consider pre-X Macs to be overpriced toys, but since modern macOS is built on top of a nix system... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ I also toy around with numerous other operating systems under emulation, including systems most people have never even heard of. =My code contributions= All code that I've posted on Rosetta Code is licensed for use under terms of the [http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html GNU GPL, version 2] or (at your option) any later version. (This is in addition to the GNU FDL, which automatically covers everything posted on RC. You can choose whichever license seems more appropriate.) 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 [[User:Short Circuit\|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. (See [[Rosetta Code:Copyrights]] for RC's copyright policy.) I've only created a single task, [[Sorting algorithms/Pancake sort]], and I think it's unlikely that I'll create any more at this point. ~~If you're not sure if a piece of code is mine or not, ask. If you're not sure what I'm talking about, ask. If you're not sure which license applies, ask. If you want different licensing terms, ask.~~ ===REALbasic=== It should be noted that all [[:Category:REALbasic\|REALbasic]] examples that I've written (which can be found by looking through [[Special:Contributions/Eriksiers\|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 [[wp:C99\|C99]] instead of the current standard, or writing for the original [[:Category:Visual Basic .NET\|VB.Net]] instead of the current release -- my examples will ''probably'' work under modern versions... but they might not. [http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/Y/Your-mileage-may-vary.html 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). * [[User:Eriksiers/Prime numbers\|Prime numbers]] * [[User:Eriksiers/to OS\|to OS]] (I really need to update this one...) * [[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 (improved?) CLISP exponentiation]] * [[Sandbox/Randomizer]] -- a failed attempt at random redirects * [[User:Eriksiers/BBC BASIC detokenizer\|BBC BASIC detokenizer]] * [[User:Eriksiers/Maze generation\|Maze generation]] * [[User:Eriksiers/TrimNonPrintables\|TrimNonPrintables]] (remove all nonprintable/whitespace characters from a string) * [[User:Eriksiers/Linked List\|Linked lists]] for [[VB]]/[[VBA]] * [[User:Eriksiers/Permute a string\|Permute a string]] =Links= ~~I put up my programming links on [[User:Eriksiers/Links\|their own page]]. Have fun.~~ I put up my programming links on [[User:Eriksiers/Links\|their own page]]. They haven't been updated in a very long time. '''[[wp:User:Eriksiers\|This]]''' is my Wikipedia user page. '''[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...) [[wp:User:Eriksiers#My real name?\|This is a short essay]] about why I use my real name as my username instead of remaining anonymous or using a pseudonym (on my Wikipedia user page). ==Sorting== Some pages that graphically display various [[:Category:Sorting Algorithms\|sorting algorithms]]. [http://sortvis.org/ http://sortvis.org/] Software to generate these images available [http://corte.si/posts/code/visualisingsorting/index.html here]. [http://www.sorting-algorithms.com/ http://www.sorting-algorithms.com/] *This one offers a few different ways to compare various algorithms. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sort_algorithms http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sort_algorithms] Also [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_algorithms http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_algorithms] And also [[wp:User:Nmnogueira#Graphics and Diagrams\|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nmnogueira#Graphics_and_Diagrams]] [http://www.jeanniejeannie.com/2011/08/29/the-art-of-clean-up-sorting-and-stacking-everyday-objects/ The Art of Clean Up: Sorting and Stacking Everyday Objects] (because why not?) ==My Sourceforge projects== [http://eeshell.sourceforge.net/ EEShell4] -- a replacement shell for 32- and 64-bit Windows. *I recently restarted work on this after letting it sit idle for something like 10-15 years. [http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/igrokya/ IgrokYa] -- a file type identifier (like [[wp:file (command)\|file(1)]] or [https://www.mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html TrID]; originally part of Proxlat (below)). *The only project I make any pretense of actively working on. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/visible/ Visible] -- a Visual Basic-to-C++ translator. *Slowly progressing. '''Very''' slowly. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/kanjifinder/ KanjiFinder] -- a tool to help English-speaking users find Japanese [[wp:kanji\|kanji]]. *Program's done, but data files are nowhere near complete. Effectively abandoned. [http://proxlat.sourceforge.net/ Proxlat] -- a general-purpose binary translator. *Abandoned as impossible. I might restart this with a narrower scope at some point in the future. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/quickrun/ QuickRun] -- a simple program launcher (started as part of EEShell2). *[http://sourceforge.net/projects/eriks-tools Erik's tools] -- a small handful of tiny very-specific-purpose utilities I wrote some time ago. =Quote of the Day= A bug can make your DOS session run off into the bushes and not come back. -- Jeff Duntemann