proudpoppy wrote on Apr 13^th, 2007 at 8:05pm:


I suspect that that is endl (with a lower case "L" at the end of end) not end1. It represents end-of-line.

Do you already know C (as opposed to C++)?

As you may have heard, all of Sesame is written in C/C++. We lean heavily towards C and only use a small portion of the C++ exclusive features. For example, we use classes and objects heavily, but barely use any overloaded operators or C++ I/O streams. Basically we use the C++ object system as a structural/design element and use chiefly C constructs down in the trenches - if you know what I mean.

If there is anything I can do to help you pick it up, let me know.

Shouldn't this:

char *a[] = {
	  "Learning",
	  "will",
	  "you",
	  "understand"
};

char *b[] = {
	  "SBasic.",
	  "better",
	  "help",
	  "C/C++"
}; 

be this:

char *a[] = {
	  "Learning",
	  "will",
	  "you",
	  "understand"
};

char *b[] = {
	  "SBasic.",
	  "help",
	  "better",
	  "C/C++"
}; 

?

I thought that your version would translate to:
"Learning SBasic will better you help understand C/C++

And I thought my version would translate to:
"Learning SBasic will help you better understand C/C++"

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I have not used C/C++ so I was trying to do some intuitive compiling.  I guess I will have to read a book now.

Taking a closer look, it seems that the "b" is based on (3-loop) which would translate to 3,2,1,0.  Are those a/b strings indexed starting at 0? If not, how is a negative handled for that last "b" ?

So, with an index of 0, and b(3-loop), your original example translates to:
"Learning C/C++ will help you better understand SBasic", is that correct?

That is a big difference.
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And high level vs. low level reminds me of many years ago when I had to program at assembly level language using hexadecimal code, throwing 16 toggle switches, and pushing a Send Button to add the instruction to the memory stack, then repeating the process again for the next instruction of 16 binary bits.  Aargh!  Glad I don't have to do that any more.  We had transistors them, in between relays and integrated circuits.

Thanks for the help Mark

Now I C.