"Ian Stirling" wrote | It vraeis wtih teh nbumer of sylables, and cna be incomprensible to | peolpe in Lslywhirlpoolgangtyrannicidecrywryfowlgallglobgoggwynlollh.
But that would have to be Llsywhirlpoolgangtyranniciderywryfowlgallglobgoggwynlollch because you can't split ll and ch - they're one letter each in Wlehs.
Owain
Exactly, dyslexia (where this is the problem) is one of those disabilities that does not stop people from being highly intelligent [1] but some people who suffer can't see a spelling mistake even if it's pointed out to them (unless they have the correct spelling along side) - 'ETH, TEH, HTE' could all been seen as 'THE' by the brain for example.
[1] Albert Einstein for example.
I am neither stupid, dyslexic, nor unable to spell.
I merel;y type faster, looking at teh keybnoard than I can do accurateely.
A hangover from being a coder where, in any case, you had to go over and re-do the whole thing to eliminate spaces and typos anyway, so the 'first draft' was always rough - and let the parser ID the erors for you.
char * source; while( parse_text(source)) { correct(source); } return OK;
/*
*/
disabilities ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I never said you were any of the above, but sometimes you seem to have a problem in comprehending what others have said !....
Should that not be:-
char * source; while( ! parse_text(source)) { correct(source); } return OK;
Sorry - could not resist! ;-))
You may not often add people to your killfile, and I don't often get involved in flame wars, but this time I have to stick my hand up and put a vote in for TNP: his postings are not often correct in letter-order, but their grammar is better than those of many other posters, and their content is usually worthwhile.
Usually I cringe at such errors, but TNP has proved himself over time and you'll be missing some interesting posts if you make uk.d-i-y a regular haunt.
Now, what interests me about TNP is that his mistakes are, to a large extent, consistent: "the teh" is the classic example. I have never seen "eth" or "het" :-)
Hwyl!
M.
Precisely why I used it. I knew you would not refuse the challenge.
Never mind the quality, feel the width :-)
MBQ
I don't think I've ever seen "the" either! Personally I can't see the point of typing so fast that the words come out jumbled. Surely it doesn't save
*that* much time!As a 2-finger-typing programmer like TNP, I've witnessed many colleagues who type at a furious rate, matched only by the number of times they have to hit backspace as they go. Using the compiler to catch typos is a dangerous practice too. IMHO, fixing everything it reports takes a lot longer than typing more accurately in the first place.
Bob
IMO having any typos in the first place is not good, as a small percentage won't get noticed or parsed and tested out. So less typos typed = less bugs in finished code.
How does parse_text() and correct() know where they are in source? Some global variable somewhere ;)))
cheers, Pete.
That entirely depends on whether, as is conventional in C, you return a null for 'no error' reserving all possible integer values for ERROR codes...
That is a subjective opinion.
Knowing the quality of those who read here, they can do a better job of parsing than most compilers
Not at all. The linker will take care of that. They are by definition, some kind of unmentioned global variable.
Thats why I like C, unless otherwise mentioned, the functions are assumed to be integer returning and global in scope.
I could have included a header file, but it adds nothing to the discussion,.
In message , John Woodhall writes
And where would we be without NP's idiosyncratic use of our noble language
or the coffee - monitor interface effect of Eliza's posts?
In message , Owain writes
How did that final "s" get there?
In message , The Natural Philosopher writes
Just unwilling ?
Do it then ...
The end effect is the same. A typo is a spelling mistake for those who have to read your posts
Which is relevant, how ?
The end effect is the same
In message , Jim writes
Not if they insist on typing with caps lock on
In message , Jim writes
No, it just proves you are a wanker
In message , Bob writes
yes
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