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Title: 'now' is broken?
Post by: Sammo on January 04, 2004, 01:33:55 PM

'now' used to return nine values; with the latest release it returns ten; I think the 10th value = (nth 9 (now)) is the number of minutes west of Greenwich -- nothing broken here but rev 6 manual doesn't mention this

here the broken part ...

(now) --> (2004 1 4 21 15 45 ...)

(now -7) --> (2004 1 4 14 15 45 ...) = correct = -7 is hour offset

(now -7) --> (2004 1 4 21 8 45 ...) = wrong = treating -7 as minute offset

rev 6 manual still refers to offset in hours; maybe its minutes now?

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Post by: HPW on January 04, 2004, 01:53:15 PM

Sam,

http://newlisp.org/download/development/CHANGES-7401-7405.txt

It's minutes and the 7.4.5 manual say it so.

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Post by: Sammo on January 04, 2004, 02:07:05 PM

Thanks, Hans-Peter

It's so hard keeping up with the changes. I had just downloaded and planned to refer manual rev-6 when newLISP v.7.4.5 showed up and broke my 'now'-using code. I didn't realize there was also a separate manual for v.7.4.5.

Thanks for the tip and the pointer.

-- Sam

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Post by: Lutz on January 05, 2004, 11:44:53 AM

>>>

hard keeping up with the changes

>>>

Things will calm down after the 7.5 release later this month. Until 7.5 only bugs are fixed, no new features or lisp code breaking changes. At least until the middle of 2004, I don't have too much time for newLISP anyway, have to look for contracts and earn some money ;-) after the release of 7.5. Of course I will always take care of bugfixes in a matter of days if possible, and answer questions on this forum.

Lutz

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Post by: nigelbrown on January 05, 2004, 03:01:16 PM

Thanks Lutz for all the great work and time you've been spending on newlisp - you've been very responsive to questions and suggestions. I can understand that it's time now for newlisp to settle in for a while.

Thanks again

Nigel

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Post by: HPW on January 05, 2004, 10:39:19 PM

>Thanks Lutz for all the great work and time you've been spending on newlisp

I want also thank Lutz for his great work.

And I understand his real world problems. Christmas holidays are over and we are back in real world. Have also to work on other problems in the office now. But thanks Lutz, a small piece of newLISP has crepped into the real world and make work a bit easier and more fun. Maybe this will grow.

>have to look for contracts and earn some money

Just for the interest.

What sort of contracts are you looking for. Do you newLISP related work? Is newLISP just your own research project or do/have you place it in real world projects?

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Post by: eddier on January 06, 2004, 07:15:01 AM

Lutz:

What kind of work are you looking for? There maybe some opportunities here at Blue Mountain College.

Eddie

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Post by: Lutz on January 06, 2004, 07:56:29 AM

Thanks for asking Eddie, I have sent mail to your college email address with the web address of my resume for more details about work experience etc..

Lutz

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Post by: eddier on January 06, 2004, 09:06:12 AM

WOW! What a resume!

Eddie

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