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

[wildstar <wildstar128@hotmail.com>]

"White Flame \(aka David Holz\)" <whiteflame52@y.a.h.o.o.com> wrote in 
news:bcvg0e$2qfg$1@barad-dur.nas.com:

> "Paul Schlyter" <pausch@saaf.se> wrote in message
> news:bcuhhf$1ej7$1@merope.saaf.se...
>> the next page is loaded.  This is accomplished by putting this in the
>> HTML header:
>>
>> <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="1;URL=nextpage.html">
> 
> Notice the "http-equiv"?  That's part of HTTP, hot HTML.  A HTML viewer
> won't refresh the page. A HTTP-capable web browser would be required to
> extract the "meta data" from the HTML and process it.
> 

Hmmm, he follows half the rule. It is HTTP protocol scripts but not pure 
HTML. An HTML 4.0 viewer which does not incorporate the encapsulation of 
these exterior protocol script tags or script languages would not be able 
to view it. An HTML viewer that explicitly supports *ONLY* HTML. 

A key to the element is how do you determine the ball's movement. Anyone 
can try to force and push things to do what they are not designed to do 
and might actually succeed with a outrageous penalty. When you lack 
variables for simple and in some cases very basic data handling, you 
loose the effective power. I thought you would still need some form of 
script to back up things like where on the paddle it hits as that was 
part of the PONG. There was a few lines of code that determined where on 
the paddle it was hit and which basic angle the ball was coming in to 
determine which direction the ball should go.