Autocoding project proposal.

Cliff Wells logiplexsoftware at earthlink.net
Mon Jan 28 13:21:25 EST 2002


On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 23:02:08 -0500
Tom Jenkins wrote:

> Cliff Wells wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 21:28:34 GMT
> > Timothy Rue wrote:
> >> 
> >>Are you self hosting? Looks like it to me!
> >>
> > 
> > self-hosting: the ability to rebuild a tool using that tool, e.g. a C
> > compiler written in C being able to recompile itself.  Very common.  
> > 
> > If your 9 commands were self-hosting, they could be reimplemented using
> > only the 9 commands.
> > 
> > If a person were self-hosting it would mean...?
> .... a really lonely Saturday night?

So I _am_ self-hosting!  How embarrassing...  Maybe Timothy _can_ read
minds...

-- 
Cliff Wells
Software Engineer
Logiplex Corporation (www.logiplex.net)
(503) 978-6726 x308
(800) 735-0555 x308

"Then with your new power you'll accomplish all sorts of cool stuff 
 in no time, and We'll All Be Sorry.  At that point you can either 
 gloat a bit, and then relent, or go ahead and send the robot army 
 after us." - Quinn Dunkan




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