Subj : Polling - Still not a solution
To   : Tony Langdon
From : rick christian
Date : Wed Oct 26 2016 07:47 am

On 10/25/2016 06:03 PM, Tony Langdon -> mark lewis wrote:

 TL> Yep, for me the code is just a means to an end.

Same here.. All I want is the program. I don't care what or how its written, in 
99.99% of cases.

And in the other 0.01% I probably wrote it, so I know what it does... ie: My 
program which deals with some WX info.

 TL> The most I ever have to
 TL> fiddle
 TL> with normally is a Makefile,

Did you get this from documentation, or you KNEW what to change...

Well in my case I would NOT KNOW what to change.. I don't touch those files... 
gawd only knows what will happen.. start spewing crap to disk till its full, 
erase data, or what ever... NOPE.. J'ne touche pas!

Even if I found it in an echo/ml/ng/forum...nope....

Why? When you learn that mistakes can cost lives, you learn that risk =0% in my 
line of work risk is at least on my end is not allowed. Those  in the field are 
put at risk in a lot of situations, for which my systems must be risk free to 
ensure they are safe.

 TL> except for one application, where I do have to
 TL> edit one of the C header files to change a definition to suit my setup.
 TL> C/C++

Again, how did YOU know that with out:

1) BEING TOLD

2) Knowledge of C/C++

I don't do C/C++ I never have, and never will.. Personally I think.. never 
mind..

 TL> was never my language. Pascal was more my thing back in the day, and is 
now
 TL> the language I'm intending to relearn.

PASCAL was what I went to after BASIC, but having done so much in assembler for 
a PDP8e, 6502/6510 based early PC's and then 68HC11.... I basically got 
assignment from class, turned in source and compiled program, collect my A, and 
go on.

I can probably still dig out the COBOL and FORTRAN stuff for the PDP too! :)


 TL> I haven't tried compiling Husky or

I would strongly suggest that you review the thread in the husky echo on 
compiling it...

There are very specific libs both system and parts of husky, and steps which 
need to be followed... tldr; is 2 husky parts need to be done before doing any 
of the actual programs like tosser etc...which are NOT listed in the 
documentation, at least for one, and the steps listed in the documentation are 
out of order according to the thread too.

 
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