Re: Low-level vs. High-level programming (was My First Computer)

["Tjoff Tjonk" <tjoff@tjonk.now>]

On Sat, 21 Jun 2003 06:49:15 +0000, Paul Schlyter wrote:

> In article <pan.2003.06.20.21.17.41.693608@tjonk.now>,
> Tjoff Tjonk <tjoff@tjonk.now> wrote:
>  
>> On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 19:39:34 +0000, wildstar wrote:
>> 
>>> Aren't you missing a key element. The balls X,Y coordiniation control. 
>>> When a ball is hits the right paddle the balls X-direction will change 
>>> from incrementing to decrementing. If it hit the left paddle then it 
>>> flips to incrementing. Understand. If you hit the top or bottom walls, 
>>> the balls Y direction flips. The key to Pong was that flip variable 
>>> controls in its programming. The ball either goes left or right and may 
>>> go also up or down or level (rather rare). HTML doesn't have the required 
>>> controls for this does it. This require data handling. Well handling and 
>>> processing the data in the variable. That is something not reasonably 
>>> possible with pure HTML.
>> 
>> Just make a bunch of HTML pages - one for each combination of paddle and
>> ball positions.
>  
> That's not enough: you'll need one HTML page for each combination
> of paddle and ball positions AND velocities....

Ah yes, you are right of course, thanks.