hmm.
not to mention, vacuum tubes are extremely good for amplifying circuits.
still used in high powered radar.
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
I struggled through two years of Russian in college because someone
had told me that the Russians were ahead of the USA in math and
computer science. Hell, it turned out that they were still using
vacuum tubes and the only thing they knew how to do better than we did
was probability theory. I should have learned French instead – or
Japanese.
The use of vacuum tubes provided a significant defence against EMP or
weapons designed to scramble the electronics, any system built around
vacuum tubes is less likely just to pack up. This would have allowed the
Soviet fighter planes to be operational in the same theatre as nuclear
weapons were being used. Of course this was probably a happy coincidence
and not a design decision.
Eleanor McHugh wrote:
Games With Brains
raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason
Go to Addall.com and do an out-of-print book search for it. The
publisher is Academic Press. I actually have a copy of it, but I don’t
remember where it is at the moment. It’s a collector’s item.
–
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/
If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits fire.
Robert D. wrote:
Italian, definitely Italian because Puccini, Bellini and Donizetti
will never go away, and some like Verdi too, but do not tell my French
wife. Well 574km/h is an achievement though, well done. (I am talking
about the train
Robert
Neither will Rameau, Bizet, Berlioz, Poulenc, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky,
Shostakovich, Wagner, Richard Strauss, Britten, Bolcomb, Gershwin, Adams
or Tan Dun.
Trains – well, there it’s back to French or Japanese, I think. 
–
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/
If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits fire.
John J. wrote:
hmm.
not to mention, vacuum tubes are extremely good for amplifying circuits.
still used in high powered radar.
And there are still audiophiles who will not use transistor-based sound
equipment because they can actually hear the difference. As a matter of
fact, there used to be a company that made a frightfully expensive
vacuum-tube-based synthesizer for similar reasons.
–
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/
If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits fire.
On 4 Apr 2007, at 15:48, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
Go to Addall.com and do an out-of-print book search for it. The
publisher is Academic Press. I actually have a copy of it, but I
don’t remember where it is at the moment. It’s a collector’s item.
I’ll have to pick up a copy next time I have time for some light
reading. The mentions of it being similar to APL are intriguing -
that’s one of the few languages I’ve met that I’ve not been able to
get into.
Ellie
Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason
There is more than “hearing” alone. It has to do with the way signals
clip in vacuum tube based amplifiers.
They tend to do so more gracefully and organically. They naturally
compress a signal rather than just going straight from signal to
square wave.
Vacuum tube stuff is closely related to the physics in RF (radio
frequency) stuff. Take a look at the old books on the technology.
It’s intense stuff.
Companies still do make tube-based audio equipment for precisely the
performance qualities they exhibit. Not only guitar amplifiers and
audio-phile equipment, also studio recording equipment and sound test
equipment as well as high-power amplification equipment (radio,
radar, microwave transmission)
consumer tubes used to have a bad reputation, but mil-spec (military
grade) tubes last a long time and do their jobs well.
If you can’t hear the difference, I can understand with a stereo, but
ask any musician, they know and will tell you. They generally do
sound better but not always. Every component matters. Certain
capacitor materials, wire guages, wood used in cabinets, etc…
it all matters.
Much like choosing the right library for a parser.
On 4 Apr 2007, at 15:58, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky wrote:
Trains – well, there it’s back to French or Japanese, I think.
Everything since Trevithick is just an implementation detail ;p
Ellie
Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason
|Eleanor McHugh|
Lyapas
EM> Well that’s one of the least-informative googles I’ve ever
performed.
EM> Not even an “Hello World”…
Well at least I’ve learned that “l’yapas” in Ukrainian means “slap on
the face”.
LYAPAS was created in 1967 by Belarusian scientist Arkadiy Zakrevsky
for describing IC later proceeded by CAD software (automating tracing
tasks). Language itself was given informally and contained about 400
commands. In a few years it was replaced by LYAPAS-M.
So - no “Hello, world!” I’m afraid.
On 4 Apr 2007, at 18:22, I. P. wrote:
for describing IC later proceeded by CAD software (automating tracing
tasks). Language itself was given informally and contained about 400
commands. In a few years it was replaced by LYAPAS-M.So - no “Hello, world!” I’m afraid.
Thanks for the additional info 
I have this ambition of one day knowing every coding language ever
devised… only about 7500 of them to go >;p
Ellie
Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brains
raise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason
John J. wrote:
audio-phile equipment, also studio recording equipment and sound test
Much like choosing the right library for a parser.
Yes … to a professional musician/audio engineer … who has been
careful not to damage his ears with high decibel levels … below a
certain age … in the absence of disease … etc. It used to matter
to me.
–
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/
If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits fire.
“M. Edward (Ed) Borasky” [email protected] writes:
John J. wrote:
hmm.
not to mention, vacuum tubes are extremely good for amplifying circuits.
still used in high powered radar.
And there are still audiophiles who will not use transistor-based
sound equipment because they can actually hear the difference. As a
matter of fact, there used to be a company that made a frightfully
expensive vacuum-tube-based synthesizer for similar reasons.
But my tube-based FLAC player needs so long to boot…
Eleanor McHugh wrote:
Ellie
Eleanor McHugh
Games With Brainsraise ArgumentError unless @reality.responds_to? :reason
It is similar to APL in two ways:
- It is almost unreadable
- There are operations that deal with whole arrays
To me, Report Program Generator (RPG) made more sense. 
–
M. Edward (Ed) Borasky, FBG, AB, PTA, PGS, MS, MNLP, NST, ACMC(P)
http://borasky-research.blogspot.com/
If God had meant for carrots to be eaten cooked, He would have given
rabbits fire.