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Re: Which scripting for embedded automation?

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On 7/24/2015 4:06 PM, WJ wrote:

> It's obvious that the reason that he is recommending Forth
> over all other languages is that he knows no language that
> is higher-level than Forth.  And he finds it too difficult
> to learn another language.
>
> If a hammer is the only tool that you have, then you use
> a hammer for everything.
>
> How would these tasks be done with a hammer?
>
> Using Gauche Scheme:
>
> Write a function that accepts a vector (1-dimensional array) of
> 16-bit numbers and replaces each number with its difference
> from the average.
>
> (use gauche.uvector)
> (use gauche.collection)
>
> (define (relativize vec)
>    (let ((avg (round->exact (/ (fold + 0 vec) (s16vector-length vec)))))
>      (s16vector-sub! vec avg)))
>
> (define my-vec (s16vector 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9))
> (relativize my-vec)
> my-vec
>   ===>
> #s16(-4 -3 -2 -1 0 1 2 3 4 5)
>
>
> Take a string that contains numbers separated by semicolons or
> commas and convert it to a list of numbers.
>
> (map string->number (string-split "2,3.14;5.8,9" #/[,;]/))
>   ===>
> (2 3.14 5.8 9)

What role would these have in the scripting of an automation system?
IME, tasks in that domain tend to be more procedural oriented.

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Which scripting for embedded automation? abhishekkumardwivedi@gmail.com - 2015-07-23 02:24 -0700
  Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? Les Cargill <lcargill99@comcast.com> - 2015-07-23 12:18 -0500
  Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> - 2015-07-23 10:42 -0700
  Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-23 15:08 -0400
    Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-24 18:44 -0400
  Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-23 22:00 -0700
    Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-24 12:19 -0400
      Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-07-24 10:15 -0700
        Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2015-07-24 23:06 +0000
          Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? Don Y <this@is.not.me.com> - 2015-07-24 17:00 -0700
            Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-07-24 20:52 -0400
          Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? "WJ" <w_a_x_man@yahoo.com> - 2015-11-28 18:06 +0000
        Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-29 02:45 -0500
          Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2015-11-29 23:02 -0800
            Re: Which scripting for embedded automation? rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2015-11-30 02:55 -0500

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