Re: [MacPerl] The Powers of Annoy

[miku <miku@onlinehome.de>]

> Your sense of irony seems to be lost on some folks, since
> they seem insistent on preaching about true programming
> style... I get it, though.
> 
> Anyway, the only thing that jumped out at me was that
> you are making some unnecessary assignments:
> 
> $fl= length($f); $s = length($p); and $t = length($r);
> 
> Since you're only using these variables once each, you
> should be able to simply substitute the functions...
> 
> jay

Thanks! Yes, the irony must have gotten lost somewhere in the deep spaces of
unquestioned mind-reading, it seems... :) Youıre certainly right about the
unnecessary assignments. What I was aiming at originally was to improve the
non-recursive algorithm (which was originally developed/discovered at Bell
Laboratories). I would have loved to get some comments like "use this
not-so-common perl construct, namely ......., and your code will be more
compact/snappier/faster/transparent/elegant..." or the like. Unfortunately,
I seem to have gotten in my own way as my code was really much too cryptic.
I myself would have hardly had the nerve to hunt for the algorithm. Anyway,
I posted a revised version, so, maybe...

Again, thanks for posting your response. BTW, what do you do at
Motorola.com? A couple of months ago, I spent a few nights in order to get
online help on how to program the G3 in native assembler, where to buy
assembler/disassembler software, etc. Although I discovered and downloaded a
software-driven G4 velocity-engine emulator (fascinating!), really usable
material on how to program the G3/G4 I couldnıt find (apart from a few
schemata depicting the general G3 architecture and a few detailed pages on
the numerics processing capabilities of the chipset). The last Motorola
processor I programmed was the 68000, so itıs quite a "quantum leap" for me
to switch to this new architecture. Anyway, the desire to aquaint myself
more deeply with the G3/G4 is still lurking inside me, and if you could
point at some useful information (online, books, magazines, technical
documentation), I would be very grateful! I have access to the local
university library, too, so internationally published papers/treatises and
the like would be no big problem.

See you!
Michael


> Von: "Jay Bedsole" <rwdd30@email.sps.mot.com>
> Organisation: Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector
> Antworten an: jay.bedsole@motorola.com
> Datum: Mon, 10 Jan 2000 15:02:32 -0600
> An: miku <miku@onlinehome.de>
> Betreff: Re: [MacPerl] The Powers of Annoy
> 
> miku,
> 
> You wrote:
> 
>> Now I would like to "improve" :) my programming style, i. e.
>> learn how make the program even *more compact* and shorter,
>> or even *trickier*.
> 
> Your sense of irony seems to be lost on some folks, since
> they seem insistent on preaching about true programming
> style... I get it, though.
> 
> Anyway, the only thing that jumped out at me was that
> you are making some unnecessary assignments:
> 
> $fl= length($f); $s = length($p); and $t = length($r);
> 
> Since you're only using these variables once each, you
> should be able to simply substitute the functions...
> 
> jay


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