freenode/#clim - IRC Chatlog
Search
8:22:07
jackdaniel
inconsistency of the day: http://bauhh.dyndns.org:8000/clim-spec/edit/apropos?q=define-drag-and-drop
8:22:52
jackdaniel
CLIM II has a canonical lambda-list while Franz CLIM "just" matches arguments with string-equal, neither properly documents how destination object can be accessed
8:23:27
jackdaniel
(in Franz guide there is *one* example showing that destination-object is one more argument
9:11:01
jackdaniel
I'm glad I've decided to write this crucial piece of software because it allowed me to detect a regression in tracking-pointer macro
9:13:30
jackdaniel
Edgar Alan Poe claimed, that checkers are more noble game than chess, because in chess you rely on your memory so it is based on experience while checkers are simple enough that experience does not play a role and you depend on your wits more
9:14:25
jackdaniel
so being a winner in chess only shows you play chess more while being a winner in checkers shows that you are more clever than your opponent
9:16:04
loke
jackdaniel: I agree with the general point, although I wouldn't have used checkers as an example (mainly because I don't know it well enough to say anything abou tit).
9:16:54
ck_
jackdaniel: sorry, I sometimes forget my terminal is unicode-disfunctional; your degree sign displays as question mark and I took that literally
9:16:59
jackdaniel
in a screenshot I've shared queen is forced to take the pawn effectively making red player lose the queen
9:23:24
edgar-rft
E.A.Poe was a newspaper editor most of the time and sometimes wrote really shitty crap, just to fill gaps in the page layout. Don't take everything super-serious what he wrote.