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  • R RickZeeland

    After spending loads of time writing an installer in C#, my CEO decided to revert to Inno Setup (Pascal scripting) again ... X|

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    CPallini
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    RickZeeland wrote:

    Pascal scripting

    Toxic. I feel your pain.

    "In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto

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    • G glennPattonWork3

      Hi All, I am having fun (for me) working on developing a temperature monitor for some bits of kit we have that don't have one, Crack the knuckles, Design the PCB & write the code for the PIC in C on Notepad++... No Intellisense, no way of quickly checking syntax programming like it was meant to be! :omg:

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      Gunnar Bakkene
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      Good for you my friend :) :)

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      • Mircea NeacsuM Mircea Neacsu

        CPallini wrote:

        You should use vi ed instead.

        FTFY :laugh:

        Mircea

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        jeron1
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        :-O I still use ne (Norton editor).

        "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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        • Mircea NeacsuM Mircea Neacsu

          CPallini wrote:

          You should use vi ed instead.

          FTFY :laugh:

          Mircea

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          jsc42
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          Mircea Neacsu wrote:

          CPallini wrote:You should use vi ed instead. FTFY :laugh:

          No, use Punched Cards (without an interpreter) or paper tape. I have an 8-pin paper tape holder complete with a pin for punching the holes individually that you can borrow. I got it after I used to make my own by cutting strips of paper and using different size knitting needles for the data holes and the sprocket holes.

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            :-O I still use ne (Norton editor).

            "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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            Mircea Neacsu
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            Congrats, you are Yorkshireman #1 :D

            Mircea

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            • J jsc42

              Mircea Neacsu wrote:

              CPallini wrote:You should use vi ed instead. FTFY :laugh:

              No, use Punched Cards (without an interpreter) or paper tape. I have an 8-pin paper tape holder complete with a pin for punching the holes individually that you can borrow. I got it after I used to make my own by cutting strips of paper and using different size knitting needles for the data holes and the sprocket holes.

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              Mircea Neacsu
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              Well done! You are Yorkshireman #2. Still waiting for the next two :D

              Mircea

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                Notepad++ is a luxury editor. You should use vi instead. :laugh:

                "In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto

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                obermd
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                He's working in a Microsoft environment - he needs to use Edlin.

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                • C CPallini

                  RickZeeland wrote:

                  Pascal scripting

                  Toxic. I feel your pain.

                  "In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto

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                  glennPattonWork3
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                  Dear :bob: there's a script version?

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                  • G glennPattonWork3

                    Dear :bob: there's a script version?

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                    RickZeeland
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                    Yes, Inno Setup adds a lightweight Pascal scripting engine to your setup, it is quite good and flexible in fact. But as a C# programmer I find the Pascal syntax awful.

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                    • J jsc42

                      Mircea Neacsu wrote:

                      CPallini wrote:You should use vi ed instead. FTFY :laugh:

                      No, use Punched Cards (without an interpreter) or paper tape. I have an 8-pin paper tape holder complete with a pin for punching the holes individually that you can borrow. I got it after I used to make my own by cutting strips of paper and using different size knitting needles for the data holes and the sprocket holes.

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                      jschell
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                      jsc42 wrote:

                      got it after I used to make my own by cutting strips of paper and using different size knitting needles

                      Probably the last time someone saw an update that actually really solved a problem.

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                      • Mircea NeacsuM Mircea Neacsu

                        Well done! You are Yorkshireman #2. Still waiting for the next two :D

                        Mircea

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                        Daniel Pfeffer
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                        Obligatory [xkcd: Real Programmers](https://xkcd.com/378/) Am I Yorkshiremen Nos. 3 and 4? :)

                        Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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                        • Mircea NeacsuM Mircea Neacsu

                          Well done! You are Yorkshireman #2. Still waiting for the next two :D

                          Mircea

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                          jsc42
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                          Actually, it is true! That is really how I wrote my first program.

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                          • J jsc42

                            Actually, it is true! That is really how I wrote my first program.

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                            Mircea Neacsu
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                            I didn’t doubt it. My comment just intended to be funny :-D. I built my first punched tape reader from pieces of PCB welded together with solder. It had 9 LEDs and photodiodes for each channel and the sprocket hole was used as clock. You pulled the tape manually through the thing. A beautiful contraption :)

                            Mircea

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