Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news2.arglkargh.de!news.musoftware.de!wum.musoftware.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: spike1@freenet.co.uk Newsgroups: comp.sys.sinclair Subject: Re: Conversion of ISO Date-stamps into Weekday Numbers Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 17:13:12 +0100 Organization: The league against squirrels Lines: 37 Message-ID: References: X-Trace: individual.net tqEJrANn/ndwA28K0MIn3AEXBxtivngKg9CtljfI9akNepikt/ X-Orig-Path: not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:7QpFbCxIi8NJhMz+j1c8IrKWSiI= User-Agent: tin/1.9.5-20091224 ("Lochruan") (UNIX) (Linux/2.6.32-30-generic (i686)) Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.sinclair:116 And verily, didst Milton Lachman hastily babble thusly: >> From: Guesser >>On 31/03/2011 00:00, Milton Lachman wrote: >>> The original post said superBASIC, while the revision said Sinclair BASIC >> >> >>> Sinclair ZX BASIC >> > > How difficult is it to look up the original post on google and > quote me properly as saying > > "the Sinclair BASIC subroutine below" > "superBASIC" > "this method is designed to run superbly as a stand-alone subroutine" > "succeeds where other Methods do not when computing the > day of the week even on lowly Sinclair ZX BASIC" Direct quote from the original article. (no need for google if you use a decent newsreader/caching server combo) ------------------ begin quote ------------------- Although using a processor more sophisticated than found on four-function calculators, this method is simpler to execute than Hans' original Method of Congruence needing manipulation of data by numerically competent users. It succeeds where other Methods do not when computing the day of the week even on lowly Sinclair ZX BASIC: having no need of extra instructions for data stored in tables as in Babwani's Method nor for redundant operations as in Zeller's or Tondering's--nor even a C compiler running on a bloated development system as in Mike Keith's-- yet doing more in under 12 lines. -- | spike1@freenet.co,uk | "Are you pondering what I'm pondering Pinky?" | | Andrew Halliwell BSc | | | in | "I think so brain, but this time, you control | | Computer Science | the Encounter suit, and I'll do the voice..." |