Re: Programming?

["Ralph M. Deal" <deal@xxxxxxxx>]

Mostly a quick comment on the LOGO comment:

On Sat, 4 Dec 1999 awilliam@whitemice.org wrote:

> I'd be interested in a session on LISP, if more out of curiosity than 
> anything else.

I'd be happy to contibute to that.

> > LOGO is fun & might be a way to get
> > your spouse/kids involved in your favorite sport; 
> 
> ucblogo (Berkley Logo) for UNIX is still around on some aging FTP 
> servers, but was last updated in 1993.  It never really compared to 
> the CBM or Apple versions.  You know your in trouble when the README 
> file has the following lines:
> 
> 	This version of Logo is designed for a machine with adequate memory.  
> It is
> 	not likely to be usable as the basis for a 64K microcomputer 
> implementation.
> 	The files ztc* and mac* are for toy-computer versions of Logo.  But 
> if you
> 	are trying to compile for those machines you probably also need some 
> extra
> 	help beyond what's in here.  You can get complete PC and Mac versions 
> by
> 	anonymous FTP from anarres.cs.berkeley.edu.
> 
> It also won't compile:
> 
> gcc -O -g -I /usr/include/X11 -L/usr/sww/X11R4/lib   -c libloc.c -o 
> libloc.o
> gcc -O -g -I /usr/include/X11 -L/usr/sww/X11R4/lib   -c parse.c -o 
> parse.o
> parse.c:30: initializer element is not constant
> parse.c:31: initializer element is not constant
> parse.c:32: initializer element is not constant
> make: *** [parse.o] Error 1
> 
> And I'm really not that motivated to figure out why.

I just ran ucblogo in RH6.1 with no problems.  It DOES have a graphics
window which works as expected.  A LOGO listserve recently had a reply
from a developer from UCB.  I installed ucblogo from the rpm of version
4.6-2 which was built on Jan. 10.  I haven't checked whether a later
version is available.

	Ralph M.      deal@kzoo.edu