(Long) Re: Autocoding project proposal.

[phil hunt]

On Thu, 07 Feb 2002 04:28:38 GMT, Timothy Rue <threeseas at earthlink.net> wrote:
>On 06-Feb-02 12:12:24 David Masterson <dmaster at synopsys.com> wrote:
>>>>>>> Timothy Rue writes:
>
>>> There is only the creation of a configuration of very common code
>>> functionality, carried out to it's natural conclusion in support of
>>> versatility.
>
>>That has already been done.  It's been done over and over for the last
>>50 years of computer programming.  Without a clear definition of what
>>you mean by "common code functionality" to differentiate your approach
>>versus what's already out there, I see nothing worthwhile in your
>>project.
>
>I've defined the nine commands, so show me where this configuration you
>claim has been done over and over again.

Some technologies that do it are subroutines, classes/methods, macros.

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