Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C

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On Fri, 21 Aug 2026 06:01:41 -0700, Lars Poulsen wrote:

> On 2026-08-20 23:10, rbowman wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Aug 2026 23:42:12 -0400, c186282 wrote:
>> 
>>>     But, if you wanna boost yer GPA, just take in a "psychology"
>>>     course.
>>>     Very VAGUE pseudo-science shit. Mostly just remember the Holy Men
>>>     in the "science". Easy "A". Owned a PRINTER - made very NEAT
>>>     looking papers. Added a point to the GPA right there !
>> 
>> That all depends on the flavor of psychology.
>> 
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Experimental_psychology
>> 
>> What do you know about neurophysiology?  Given a brain can you identify
>> the optic chiasm?
> 
> Early on in my California life, several of the young programmers I
> worked with had entered the computer field through the psych department
> at UCSB.

When I graduated in the '60s 'cognitive science' didn't exist as a 
discipline. I don't think the term was even invented until the '70s. Had 
it been that's where I would have wound up. 

The department head at RPI was an old school behaviorist. Other than a 
survey course what most people think of as psychology wasn't on the table. 
Most work was with rats but even in experiments involving humans measured 
physiological responses to stimuli were what was of interest, not what 
they were babbling about. 

In the '60s a 360/30 didn't have the horsepower to do a FFT in one pass 
let alone model the neural networks; it took a while to catch up. 

I still lean heavily to epiphenomenalism and nominalism. Speech evolved as 
a very handy tool but then humans used what is essentially a commentary on 
what is really happening to build castles in the sky equipped with 
unicorns and butterflies.

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Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-14 12:26 +0100
  Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2026-08-14 13:53 +0100
    Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-14 21:10 +0000
  Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2026-08-14 16:00 +0000
  Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-14 23:47 -0400
    Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-15 07:20 +0000
      Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-15 11:33 +0100
      Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-15 22:41 -0400
        Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2026-08-16 10:50 +0200
          Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-16 19:04 +0000
    Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Jim Jackson <jj@franjam.org.uk> - 2026-08-15 11:07 +0000
      Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-15 12:18 +0100
    Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-15 12:20 +0100
      Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-16 02:09 -0400
        Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-16 09:59 +0100
          Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-16 11:42 +0100
            Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-17 00:02 -0400
              Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 07:10 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Nuno Silva <nunojsilva@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-17 09:32 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-17 10:13 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-17 17:15 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-17 20:58 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-17 22:24 -0400
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 04:55 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-18 06:17 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-18 22:11 -0400
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 04:21 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 02:26 -0400
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:29 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 19:36 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:28 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:24 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 10:19 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-18 16:30 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 04:11 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 04:22 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-19 04:38 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 05:34 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 06:39 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-19 07:04 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 19:59 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 01:31 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-20 03:26 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 11:50 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 12:06 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-20 12:51 -0400
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-21 13:34 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-20 04:02 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 06:35 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:31 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 19:47 +0000
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                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 02:28 -0400
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 16:57 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 22:17 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 01:34 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-20 03:45 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-19 23:26 -0400
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-20 21:40 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-20 23:42 -0400
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-21 06:10 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Lars Poulsen <lars@beagle-ears.com> - 2026-08-21 06:01 -0700
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-21 18:36 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-21 21:46 -0400
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-22 13:13 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 06:30 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-19 14:15 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-19 19:39 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-19 22:54 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-20 04:03 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-20 01:25 +0100
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-20 03:56 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-20 04:40 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-20 04:46 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2026-08-20 04:59 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-20 21:46 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-20 22:44 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-21 04:35 +0000
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-21 00:54 -0400
                Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-21 00:05 -0400
        Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C rbowman <bowman@montana.com> - 2026-08-16 19:13 +0000
          Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C c186282 <c186282@nnada.net> - 2026-08-17 01:14 -0400
            Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2026-08-17 16:58 +0000
      Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2026-08-17 13:44 +0100
        Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-17 15:31 +0100
          Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Geoff Clare <geoff@clare.See-My-Signature.invalid> - 2026-08-18 13:23 +0100
            Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-18 17:16 +0100
        Re: Manipulating C code at the AST level, in C Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2026-08-17 20:27 +0100

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