[PD] counter + list of objects

[zmoelnig at iem.at]

Quoting Mathieu Bouchard <matju at artengine.ca>:

> On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, IOhannes m zmoelnig wrote:
>
>>> 10 FOR X=1 TO 100
>>> 20 PRINT "WHAT ABOUT BASIC?"
>>> 30 NEXT X
>> this is not a built-in counter, this is how you would write a   
>> simple counter in basic.
>
> Frankly, I don't understand the difference. I mean FOR/NEXT, I don't
> mean the exact code I wrote above.

right.
in Pd this would be

[100(
|
[until]
|
[print]


period.


>
>> apart from that, it does not fulfil the marius' requirement of   
>> doing "more than just adding numbers."
>
> I don't care, it's not what I was replying to. I was only replying to
> the part of the mail that I have quoted. You seem to be disregarding
> that.

indeed. but "so what"?
sorry if i was inaccurate about what you replied to, but the original  
question was about having a counter that does "more than just adding  
numbers".

if somebody asks about strings, i would consider the following anser  
inadequate:

[this is a string(
|
[print]


>
>> iteration; but then, a counter that does not do anything but   
>> increment an accumulator would be of _very_ limited use
>
> You don't need to assume that I mean only the above three lines of
> BASIC code, instead of FOR/NEXT.

i have not questioned this. i only tried to stay on safe ground...

>
>> (--> HQ9+)
>
> I don't speak that language.
>


it's a pity, as it is a very nice language (though not turing complete).
i have written a very simplistic implementation in Pd:  
http://puredata.info/Members/zmoelnig/hq9

(i think the standalone 99-bottles-of-beer is broken; but it is fixed  
in the HQ9+ interpreter)

mfga.sdr
IOhannes



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