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[Fanda]

Really nice work!



It's a decent size accomplishment ;-)))



What do you think about adding something like a "top ten" or other version of the most read articles? This way they don't get lost over the time.



Fanda

[cormullion]

Hi Fanda - nice to see you again!



I think it's a good idea - the articles that have been read most often. Of course, 'read' isn't the same as 'appreciated', so I wonder if there's a better measure. The posts with the most comments is easy enough to do, of course.



BTW: did you get anywhere with your software development efforts?

[Fanda]

I think it's a good idea - the articles that have been read most often. Of course, 'read' isn't the same as 'appreciated', so I wonder if there's a better measure. The posts with the most comments is easy enough to do, of course.

Some websites use voting system 1 to 5 or something like that to let users say, how they like the article. Then you could do TIMES-READ * AVERAGE-VOTE as a sign of appreciation. It's just an idea... Don't make your system too complicated in the beginning.

BTW: did you get anywhere with your software development efforts?

I think you mean when I asked:

http://www.alh.net/newlisp/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=9879">http://www.alh.net/newlisp/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=9879



Hm... There is a piece of commercial software which I wrote years ago in Pascal for DOS (Borland Pascal). It is still actively used, so me or my brother has to do maintenance or add some features once in a while. Since it is mostly text file processing, scripting language with regexes would be a nice choice. Rewriting to C++/C# seems quite time consuming. Delphi is Pascal based, which would make transition easier, but it still is not high-level enough for my taste.

Higher level language would allow for more abstraction without breaking my head, resulting in adding more features easier, cleaner code and time saving.



Downside for newLISP is that it isn't known enough and has to be installed separately (users don't want any complication added to just using the software). My brother is a C# programmer, other friends programmers usually stay away from LISP, Prolog and similar languages. This implies that there aren't too many people, who could do the maintenance.



This project can wait, so I haven't made my final decision yet.



Currently, I am working more with pure math and physics and using newLISP for numerical calculations, visualization using Postscript and simple scripting tasks. (newLISP is a great calculator! ;-)



Fanda

[tom]

nice site, cormullion.



Show off.  :-)

[cormullion]

thanks!



I am a modest person. You can tell from my diffident prose style... :)