Re: python abstractions, The joy of FORTRAN

From	John Levine <johnl@taugh.com>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: python abstractions, The joy of FORTRAN
Date	2024-10-04 18:00 +0000
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According to 186282@ud0s4.net <186283@ud0s4.net>:
>   Ya know ... most of Python IS 'C'-based libs.
>   Never really looked into it, but the 'advanced'
>   Python function may just be strtok() with a
>   lot of handy fixes/cheats in disguise  :-)

>   Oh, Python 'strings' are ULTIMATELY just
>   a stretch of memory filled with various
>   values. The "object" stuff, a carefully-
>   crafted ILLUSION  :-)

I can assure you it considerably more than that. Python has a complicated string
representation which can switch among different representations from ASCII to
UTF-32 depending on the contents of the string and what's being done to it.

>   I started with ASM ... pre-4004/8008 ... as
>   such I see things more at their basic level.

I started toggling programs into a PDP-8, but we have learned to use higher
level abstractions along the way since then.

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Re: The joy of FORTRAN "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-04 01:19 -0400
  Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-04 05:48 +0000
    Re: The joy of FORTRAN "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-04 02:03 -0400
      Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-04 06:56 +0000
        Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-04 07:40 +0000
          Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-04 20:13 +0000
            Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-04 22:47 +0000
              Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-05 06:12 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN "186282@ud0s4.net" <186283@ud0s4.net> - 2024-10-05 23:20 -0400
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 03:29 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN Louis Krupp <lkrupp@invalid.pssw.com.invalid> - 2024-10-06 16:06 -0600
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-07 03:02 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-07 10:00 +0100
            Re: The joy of FORTRAN Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-10-05 02:37 +0000
              Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-05 06:13 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-05 07:00 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-05 08:08 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2024-10-06 02:29 +0000
                Re: The joy of FORTRAN Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2024-10-06 03:43 +0000
      Re: The joy of FORTRAN Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2024-10-04 08:39 +0100
      Re: The joy of FORTRAN John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com> - 2024-10-04 08:00 -0700
  Re: The joy of FORTRAN Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2024-10-04 17:06 +0000
  Re: python abstractions, The joy of FORTRAN John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> - 2024-10-04 18:00 +0000

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