Revision as of 22:53, 24 December 2009

I can do this
Language	Proficiency
BASIC	Greybeard
PowerBASIC	Greybeard
Visual Basic	Greybeard
DOS Batch File	Meh
VBScript	Meh
Assembly	Dork
Pascal	Dork
Seed7	Dork
UNIX Shell	Dork
C	Grue
C++	Grue
Ruby	just started
Visual Basic .NET	Weasel

I'd rather not do this
Languages	Reasons
.Net Framework	just not my thing
C	I can... but I don't wanna
C++	ditto
[[:Category:anything but BASIC\|anything but BASIC]]	really

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.)

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've been working on a business idea for the past few weeks (which is why I've been effectively silent on RC for a while). Looks good on paper: my most optimistic guesswork predicts up to $1,000,000 in profits; more realistic numbers say maybe a quarter that. (Pessimistic numbers say bankruptcy in a month... let's not think about that.)

The main problem with the idea is two-fold: 1) convincing a bank that it's worth their money, and 2) convincing customers that it's worth their money. Hoo boy.

Operating Systems

I use a lot of OS's:

MS-DOS 7.1
Slackware Linux
Mac OS 7 (aka System 7)
- A/UX under emulation... soon... maybe...
Windows XP

stupid garbage OS is giving me problems with games... THAT'S THE ONLY REASON I STILL USE WINDOWS!!!

I don't use BSD. I don't have anything against it, but I'm too used to the Linux way of doing things, and BSD is just... different. (Okay, I suppose that Linux is the different one, but you know what I mean.) I've got a few flavors of BSD on CD, but I'm not willing to try them again any time soon.

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.)

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.

My 100th edit was the QuickBasic -> QuickBASIC redirect page.

My 250th edit was the Windows Scripting Host -> Windows Script Host redirect page.

I haven't yet reached 500 edits but it'll happen sooner or later.

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).

Links

I put up my programming links on their own page. Have fun.

This is my Wikipedia user page.

This is my Sourceforge profile.

My Sourceforge projects:

EEShell2 -- a replacement shell for 32-bit Windows
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

(         )   .   o   X   o   %%%   (  )  -(-)-  O    O   .   %%%%%
                      ^
                 YOU ARE HERE
                [not to scale]

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 =Current events=
+I've been working on a business idea for the past few weeks (which is why I've been effectively silent on RC for a while). Looks good on paper: my most optimistic guesswork predicts up to $1,000,000 in profits; more realistic numbers say maybe a quarter that. (Pessimistic numbers say bankruptcy in a month... let's not think about that.)
-...and now I've started learning [[Ruby]]. Anyone know a good site that gives examples on various tasks in multiple languages for comparison?
+The main problem with the idea is two-fold: 1) convincing a bank that it's worth their money, and 2) convincing customers that it's worth ''their'' money. Hoo boy.
-...oh... wait a sec...
-<nowiki>;-)</nowiki>
 =Operating Systems=
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 =Quote of the Day=
+ (         )   .   o   X   o   %%%   (  )  -(-)-  O    O   .   %%%%%
- Gotta love video games where you can fall 100 feet, land
+                       ^
- in a gigantic bloody splash, then get up and keep moving.
+                  YOU ARE HERE
+                 [not to scale]