| Re: Posix Time Functions [message #17865 is a reply to message #17772] |
Fri, 12 November 1999 00:00   |
davidf
Messages: 2866
Registered: September 1996
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Ben Tupper (Ben_member@newsguy.com) writes:
> It is according to the the IDL documentation. I don't know first hand of
> course... but maybe David has fond memories of the day when the Pope patched up
> the calendar.
Heh, heh.
In an attempt to throw off the ol' codger label that
somehow got attached to me in the past couple of weeks
I've been working through some object examples, using
the ideas JD and Struan and some of the other young
bucks have been thrashing around.
All I can say is, Wow!
I've got that improved XWindow thing working like
a champ--well, as long as you don't make any typos--
error checking and documentation will be added this
weekend if the weather would just turn bad. (We're
still playing tennis with no shirts--in November--in
Colorado. Scheesh. The snow birds are going nuts.)
I mostly make singleton objects since I'm a scientist,
rather than a computer programmer, and I don't know any
better. I thought they were powerful. But some of
this inheritance stuff is *wonderful*! I've got about
3-4 objects now that I can basically construct *any* kind
of modal dialog out of. I have 4-5 compound widget
objects that can put up and send you the answer for
almost any kind of question (check box, radio button,
essay, etc.). I mean, once you start down this path,
you just feel younger and younger. :-)
Cheers,
David
P.S. Thinking that the weather *might* turn colder
sometime before the millennium, I decided to grow a
beard for the first time in about 15 years. Bad idea.
My youngest has taken to calling me Gramps when I'm
out in public with him. Can't say I blame him.
Every time I look in the mirror these days I see
my father. I wouldn't have believed it was
possible. Wonder what he would make of objects? :-)
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438 E-Mail: davidf@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
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