Re: Colouring for the IIgs Complete Pascal Source Code Released

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Sep 18, 2:27 pm, magnusfalkirk <dean.pha...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 17, 11:16 pm, Polymorph <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> > If you, or anyone else for that matter, needs help understanding
> > anything I've done, or need advice on how to do something, feel free
> > to email me directly. Else post on c.s.a2.programmer where I and
> > others can lend a helping hand when required.
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> > Cheers,
> > Mike
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> Mike,
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> Believe me I'll be asking questions when I can't understand something.
> You might regret opening that little can of worms ;-) That's another

Nahh.... the multitudes of IIgs programmers don't scare me...   :-P

> reason I also like the site you opened with the program snippets, that
> will prevent me from trying to do something someone else has already
> done in programming.

One thing you will learn in programming is to treat functions/
procedures/modules as building blocks. If someone has already built a
building block you need, you don't want to waste the time rewriting it
unless you have to. This is one of the core concepts of modular
programming - you don't want to have to keep re-inventing the wheel
every time you develop something new. Best to build on existing
routines if they exist. This is where code snippets can come in handy.
Need to read a file in GS/OS but don't know how? See if someone else
knows. If they do great, use their code and build on it. If nobody
else knows, prepare to follow these steps:
1) do some reading
2) get some understanding
3) do some code writing
4) do some code testing
5) do some hair pulling
6) goto step 1

> I don't think I'll turn out any wondrous programs that will amaze
> people, shoot I'll probably amaze myself that I actually got the thing
> to work right, but I think it will be fun and that's one thing I've
> always liked about Apple II computers, they're fun.

Hey, thats why I do it - for fun and the feeling of accomplishing
something new! With 'Colouring for the IIgs' I also had the added
benefit of making both my daughters happy in the bargain.  :-)

Cheers,
Mike