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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.) |
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.) |
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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.) |
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(Another problem is that I have very little motivation to actually work on this project.) |
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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]]. |
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=Current events= |
=Current events= |
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Happy Turkey Day, USA-ians! ''gobble gobble'' |
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=Operating Systems= |
=Operating Systems= |
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I use a lot of OS's: |
I use a lot of OS's: |
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*[[wp:Slackware|Slackware]] [[Linux]] 13.37 |
*[[wp:Slackware|Slackware]] [[Linux]] 13.37 |
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**Also [[wp:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] on my |
**Also [[wp:Red Hat Enterprise Linux|Red Hat Enterprise Linux]] on my server -- but only until I get around to putting something else on it... maybe Slackware, maybe not |
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*[[Windows]] [[wp:Windows XP|XP]] |
*[[Windows]] [[wp:Windows XP|XP]] |
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**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 |
**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 |
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****I ''might'' try Win8, if I can get it for free, legally -- but not holding my breath |
****I ''might'' try Win8, if I can get it for free, legally -- but not holding my breath |
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*[[MS-DOS]] 7.1 (from [[wp:Windows 98#Windows 98 Second Edition|Windows 98SE]]) |
*[[MS-DOS]] 7.1 (from [[wp:Windows 98#Windows 98 Second Edition|Windows 98SE]]) |
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*[[wp:AROS Research Operating System|AROS]], because I wanted a non-Windows, non-*nix, non-DOS OS on my main machine |
*[[wp:AROS Research Operating System|AROS]] (a modern [[AmigaOS]] clone), because I wanted a non-Windows, non-*nix, non-DOS OS on my main machine |
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*[[Mac OS]] 8 on my [[wp:PowerBook|PowerBook]] |
*[[Mac OS]] 8 on my [[wp:PowerBook|PowerBook]] |
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**Also [[wp:System 7|System 7]], on my [[wp:Macintosh Performa|Performa]] |
**Also [[wp:System 7|System 7]], on my [[wp:Macintosh Performa|Performa]] |
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*My very first RC edit was adding [[BASIC]] to the task [[Convert an integer into words]] (now [[Number names]]). |
*My very first RC edit was adding [[BASIC]] to the task [[Convert an integer into words]] (now [[Number names]]). |
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*My 100th edit was the [[QuickBasic]] -> [[QuickBASIC]] redirect page. |
*My 100th edit was creating the [[QuickBasic]] -> [[QuickBASIC]] redirect page. |
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*My 250th edit was the [[Windows Scripting Host]] -> [[Windows Script Host]] redirect page. |
*My 250th edit was creating the [[Windows Scripting Host]] -> [[Windows Script Host]] redirect page. |
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*My 500th edit was re-adding the [[Template:Implementation|implementation template]] to [[PowerBASIC Console Compiler]]. (Sigh.) |
*My 500th edit was re-adding the [[Template:Implementation|implementation template]] to [[PowerBASIC Console Compiler]]. (Sigh.) |
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'''[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...) |
'''[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...) |
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==Sorting== |
==Sorting== |
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*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sort_algorithms http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sort_algorithms] |
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sort_algorithms http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sort_algorithms] |
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**Also [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_algorithms http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_algorithms] |
**Also [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_algorithms http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animations_of_algorithms] |
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**And also [ |
**And also [wp:User:Nmnogueira#Graphics and Diagrams|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Nmnogueira#Graphics_and_Diagrams]] |
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==My Sourceforge projects== |
==My Sourceforge projects== |
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*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/visible/ Visible] -- a Visual Basic-to-C/C++ translator |
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/visible/ Visible] -- a Visual Basic-to-C/C++ translator |
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**work stalled, as usual |
**work stalled, as usual |
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*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/eriks-tools Erik's tools] -- a small handful of tiny utilities I wrote |
*[http://sourceforge.net/projects/eriks-tools Erik's tools] -- a small handful of tiny utilities I wrote some time ago |
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**I really need to update this one... |
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=Quote of the Day= |
=Quote of the Day= |
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<lang c>/* This program will only run if the laws of mathematics hold */ |
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There's nothing more rewarding than improving the code, and then discovering, |
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if(1 == 0) { |
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yay, there's still the improvement you set out to do in the first place. \o/ |
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fprintf("Oh crap - we are not running in the correct Universe\n"); |
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-- [[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] |
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exit(17); |
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}</lang> |
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(from [http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/ISelfAware,-Very-Thorough,-Crazy-Hashmaps,-and-More.aspx http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/ISelfAware,-Very-Thorough,-Crazy-Hashmaps,-and-More.aspx]) |
Revision as of 04:03, 25 November 2011
If it's not listed, it's read-only... at best | |
Language | Proficiency |
BASIC | My preferred language family |
PowerBASIC | My overall favorite BASIC, and my overall-preferred IDE |
FreeBASIC | What I use for Linux-everything-else |
Visual Basic | What I use for Windows GUI... for now |
QuickBASIC | My preferred DOS IDE |
REALbasic | What I would use for Linux GUI, if I had to |
Batch File | Somewhere between "decent" and "good" |
UNIX Shell | Nowhere near as good as I need to be |
C | I often write in BASIC, then translate |
VBScript | I'm... okay... |
Lisp | Still learning |
PHP | Still learning |
WeiDU | Still learning |
Assembly | Read-only, for the most part |
Pascal | Read-only, for the most part |
Ruby | Read-only, for the most part |
GML | Minimal knowledge |
Visual Basic .NET | Minimal knowledge |
NeoBook | Just started learning |
Befunge | Shrug |
Not My Favorite Languages | |
Languages | Reasons |
QB64 | Bloat, unnecessary library requirements, weird C++ code generation. Definitely not ready for prime time. |
Liberty Basic | I have my reasons; let's leave it at that. |
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.)
Current events
Happy Turkey Day, USA-ians! gobble gobble
Operating Systems
I use a lot of OS's:
- Slackware Linux 13.37
- Also Red Hat Enterprise Linux on my server -- but only until I get around to putting something else on it... maybe Slackware, maybe not
- Windows XP
- MS-DOS 7.1 (from Windows 98SE)
- AROS (a modern AmigaOS clone), because I wanted a non-Windows, non-*nix, non-DOS OS on my main machine
- Mac OS 8 on my PowerBook
- Also System 7, on my Performa
- Also also the x86 version of Rhapsody DR2, just for kicks
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
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. (See Rosetta Code:Copyrights for RC's copyright policy.)
- My very first RC edit was adding BASIC to the task Convert an integer into words (now Number names).
- My 100th edit was creating the QuickBasic -> QuickBASIC redirect page.
- My 250th edit was creating the Windows Scripting Host -> Windows Script Host redirect page.
- My 500th edit was re-adding the implementation template to PowerBASIC Console Compiler. (Sigh.)
So far, I've only created a single task, Sorting algorithms/Pancake sort.
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
- Alternate (improved?) CLISP exponentiation
- Sandbox/Randomizer -- a failed attempt at random redirects
Links
I put up my programming links on their own page. Have fun.
This is my Wikipedia user page.
This is my Sourceforge profile.
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...)
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 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
- Also 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]]
My Sourceforge projects
- EEShell2 -- a replacement shell for 32-bit Windows
- only usable through Win7; written in VB6, which is unsupported in Win8... or so I've heard
- IgrokYa -- a file type identifier (like file(1); originally part of Proxlat (below))
- work stalled
- KanjiFinder -- a tool to help English-speaking users find Japanese kanji
- program's done, but data files nowhere near complete
- Proxlat -- a general-purpose binary translator
- abandoned as impossible
- QuickRun a simple program launcher (started as part of EEShell2)
- Visible -- a Visual Basic-to-C/C++ translator
- work stalled, as usual
- Erik's tools -- a small handful of tiny utilities I wrote some time ago
Quote of the Day
<lang c>/* This program will only run if the laws of mathematics hold */ if(1 == 0) {
fprintf("Oh crap - we are not running in the correct Universe\n"); exit(17);
}</lang> (from http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/ISelfAware,-Very-Thorough,-Crazy-Hashmaps,-and-More.aspx)