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Trains
by David Freeman 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

#include <stdio.h> int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { char *c[] = { "two", "enter", "hell","harold" }; char **cp[] = { c + 3, c, c + 2, c + 1 }; char ***cpp = cp; printf("%s", *cpp[2]); printf("%s ", **++cpp + 2); printf("%s", **cpp + 1); printf("%s", *cpp[2] + 4); printf("%s\n", cpp[1][1] + 4); printf("I will be going down by train on the wednesday" "for Linux Expo. Anybody else who wants to " "coordinate trains as go down as a group?"); return 0; } __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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RE: Linux Expo...
by Earl Brannigan 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

> > just a quick note, which day is everybody planning on going ?? knowing > my luck I'll turn up on the wrong day !!! > > Sz > Hi All, I'm going down on Wednesday. I thought a mass meetup would be good, Could we all 'do lunch' or something (that isn't how it probably sounds - <cringes>). A good chance to compare freebies and get some suggestions of stands to visit and that sort of thing. Have set out below a functional C++ code framework. Feel Free to edit to include yourself ... I have commented where to do this, a simple copy and paste replacing details with your own should suffice /* File : ExpoMeet.h Author : earl brannigan Purpose: Linux Expo ALUG Meetup Version : 0.1 date : 28th June 2001 */ typedef struct _food { ong Baguette; short Coffee; void eat() { Baguette --; //poss result in -ve value of one item, relies on sense of alugite to avoid consuming self or food container Coffee --; } //a boolean to tell if there is still Food bool operator == (bool){ return (Baguette || Coffee);} }FoodType; //some externals for buying lunch extern long buycoffee(); extern long buysarnie(); class MeetUp { private : FoodType* food; protected : public : MeetUp():food(new FoodType()) {} long lunch() { food.coffee = buycoffee(); food.Baguette = buysarmie(); long Time(0); while(food == true) { food->eat(); Time++; } return Time; } }; //singleton alug member (only one instance of each - thankfully) template <const string N, const int max_goodies> class Alugite{ private : static Alugite* INSTANCE; string name; bool satisfied; std::list<string> goodies; MeetUp* Meet; //private constr ... well you wouldn't want it to be public now Alugite():name(N),Meet(new MeetUp()), satisfied(false), goodies(){} void GetGoodies () { cin >> goodies;} void ShowGoodies() { cout << goodies << endl; } public : static Alugite* GetInstance(){return INSTANCE = (NULL ? new Alugite() : INSTANCE);} void mingle() { while (!satisfied) { GetGoodies(); satisfied = (goodies.size() >= max_goodies); //finish when we can't carry any more } } void DoMeet() { Meet->lunch(); ShowGoodies(); //generate envy satisfied = false; //reset satisfied for afternoon session } }; //add yourself to this list of typedefs, specify your name and the max_goodies you can get in a session to complete the template typedef Alugite <"Earl", 100> Earl; typedef Alugite <"Jo", 100> Jo; typedef Alugite <"Neill", 100> Neill; typedef Alugite <"Martyn", 100> Martyn; typedef Alugite <"Adam", 100> Adam; typedef Alugite <"David", 100> David; //declare yourself a member of _alug typedef struct _alug{ { Earl* earl; Jo* jo; Neill* neill; Martyn* martyn; Adam* adam; //constructor ... add yourself here or you don't exist _alug(){ //retrieve the static INSTANCE of each member earl = Earl::GetInstance(); jo = Jo::GetInstance(); neill = Neill::GetInstance(); martyn = Martyn::GetInstance(); adam = Adam::GetInstance(); } }alug; /*main .cc */ //Make sure you mingle and meet by adding yourself to main void main(void) { //TODO : thread Alugite mingles and meet for true concurrency alug* ALUG = new alug(); //Morning Mingles ALUG->earl->Mingle(); ALUG->jo->Mingle(); ALUG->neill->Mingle(); ALUG->martyn->Mingle(); ALUG->adam->Mingle(); //Dinner ALUG->earl->DoMeet(); ALUG->jo->DoMeet(); ALUG->neill->DoMeet(); ALUG->martyn->DoMeet(); ALUG->adam->DoMeet(); //Afternoon Mingles ALUG->earl->Mingle(); ALUG->jo->Mingle(); ALUG->neill->Mingle(); ALUG->martyn->Mingle(); ALUG->adam->Mingle(); //eveyone done and going home delete ALUG; } Cheers Earl > > -- > Open Source Specialists http://www.entora.co.uk/ > Tel: +44 (0)701 0723686 Fax: +44 (0)870 3214368 > >

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Congrates Ashley
by David Freeman 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Ashley, you replied first, therefore the T-shirt is yours. You can either collect from me, collect at the next meet, or collect at the linux expo on the wednesday. Thanks D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] RE: Linux Expo...
by MJ Ray 29 Jun '01

29 Jun '01

Neill Newman <neill(a)entora.co.uk> writes: > > What's more, Alugites, being lovers of freedom could well suffer terrible > > repercussions should they one day discover "(c) Sun Microsystems" stamped > > all over their little worlds.... > true, but Sun hath give Java to the ISO commitee (afaik) so it may well > become a standard in a few years ;).. [...] I thought that was all called off, then Sun tried to pass it to ECMA, then they took it back to themselves and are going to do Whatever They Damn Well Please. > > And finally, C++ makes it much easier to code overflowable buffers into [...] > all the more reason to go for a well thought out, sandboxed, bufferover > run proof, stacksmashing proof, secure alternative ;).. Why are you bringing the Lisp family of languages into this? ;-) -- MJR

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Re: [Alug] Free T-shirt
by Jenny_Hopkins＠toby-churchill.com 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

David F wrote: >I have an XL O'rielly T-shirt which is going free to a good home. I'll have if no-one else wants....? Why not put the Alug members names' in a hat and pick one out, though ? Everyone could always do with a tee shirt. (specially with the running horse on.... Jenny.

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Re: [Alug] Van Eck X config
by Andrew.Chandler＠ft.com 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

There used to be a classic little utility called 'Cylon' that would flash the 4 keyboard lights back and forth on ye olde SparcStations... ...in fact a bit like the Cylon's in Battlestar Galactica!!! :-) Bing > Also I wondered if it was possible to output morse code on the scroll > lock LED. You can make the keyboard LEDs do lots of fun things! as Neill suggests a quick look on Freshmeat would probably bring up the correct results. and a quick google search says look here http://www.sudac.org/~napolium/linux/ and here http://sourceforge.net/projects/ditdah/ Adam ********************************************************************* * Please visit the web site of the Financial Times at: * * http://www.ft.com * * * * For UK personal finance, please visit http://www.ftyourmoney.com * * * * This E-Mail is intended for the use of the addressee only and may * * contain confidential information. If you are not the intended * * recipient, you are hereby notified that any use or dissemination * * of this communication is strictly prohibited. * * If you receive this transmission in error, please notify us * * immediately then delete this E-Mail. * * * * * postmaster(a)ft.com * *********************************************************************

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Van Eck X config
by David Freeman 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

I was reading cryptonomicon for the second time and I was wondering how I would go about do what Randy does with X windows. For those who don't know, Randy configures X so that there are no window titles, and the background is a script generating windows which open and close at random. Also I wondered if it was possible to output morse code on the scroll lock LED. Any suggestions? Thanks D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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RE: [Alug] RE: Linux Expo...
by Earl Brannigan 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

Hi again > because Java is lovely, well thought out language, I do admit that the > implementation is a little dodgy ;).... > > > in that case I might as well use VB or even C# (yyyyyak!). > > now you are being silly ;).. > OK I am being silly, I mean VB .NET ;o) > yep, I'll give you some of those, although I might argue that "Faster, > More robust, reducing programmer effort" depends greatly on the > programmer... And since I am the programmer in question the point still stands!! No seriously, actually writing effective generic templates often takes longer than writing 400 very similar classes. >c++ is actually very nasty in a OO sense.. it is C with > object orientation and loads of other 'usefull' things bolted on.. pure > C is nice, C++ is not imho ;).. > Modern C++ (as opposed to Classic/Common C++) is not C extended, it is not a superset of C, it is a separate, albeit related language. Give me well written modern C++ anytime. (though I do love C, I take this view because I actually learned C++ b4 C and found that way around that C seems very 'limited'). > > No runtime stuff required... compile and run...done. (ok so you have to > > compile for each platform but at least you don't need a massive > > installation of an SDK/JRE just to write your code and test it). > > yep, I agree with that....although there are some issues involved with > porting code (32->64 bits, different memory architectures for example).. > Java just works in these instances.. True. > but how do you know you are in the real world right now ? you might be > inhabiting a virtual mnachine in somebody's mind as we speak ;).. I am actually inhabiting a solar system that is in fact a carbon compound molecule in someone's kitchen table in a parallel and infinitely larger (though relatively equal sized) universe. > aahh step over to the greener side of the grass, I've been using > Java/C++ for 7 years now, and for what I do (network programming/console > based apps) Java is very cute. Once thing I will say here.. Java and GUI > do not mix well.. I can't stand Java GUI's, they are a pig to get right, > and each architecture handles them differently.. definatly C/C++ for > gui's ;).. Yep, geve up trying to get swing components to look good after a couple of weeks and used C++ builder instead. cheers Earl

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Free T-shirt
by David Freeman 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

I have an XL O'rielly T-shirt which is going free to a good home. It has "Linux Resource" on the front with the linux horse on it as well. Thanks D __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [Alug] RE: Linux Expo...
by Adam Bower 28 Jun '01

28 Jun '01

On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Earl Brannigan wrote: > > just a quick note, which day is everybody planning on going ?? knowing > > my luck I'll turn up on the wrong day !!! Ok I have now officialy changed the day I am going to the Thursday (damn less freebies!) though will probably change again so it is probably best to ignore me until next week :) could perhaps we have a big organising session on who is going on which day on Mondays IRC? Adam -- This message is Copyleft - all rights reversed Adam

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