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Re: [zzdev] Also, hello to thorfy--
- To: zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: [zzdev] Also, hello to thorfy--
- From: Gossamer <gossamer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jul 1998 21:24:51 +1000
- Cc: ted@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Thorfinn <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- In-reply-to: <3.0.3.32.19980714194503.00fcd280@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; from Ted Nelson on Tue, Jul 14, 1998 at 07:45:03PM +0900
- References: <19980714201727.A31652@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <3.0.3.32.19980714194503.00fcd280@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Reply-to: zzdev@xxxxxxxxxx
Ted Nelson wrote:
> and who might that be? Anybody who programs,
> perhaps ?-)
Indeed, he is. He taught me most of the software engineering I
know, and a good deal of the C programming too. :)
Gossamer
> At 08:17 PM 7/14/98 +1000, you wrote:
> >
> >Weird question to do with some software engineering thoughts thorfy
> >and I were having about ZZ:
> >
> >Is it inherent that a cursor is implemented as a link?
> >
> >Yes, each cursor has to know which cell it's pointing at, but does
> >that cell - and the rest of the grid - have to know the cursor's
> >there?
> >
> >Theoretically, could there be other types of cursors that "action"
> >and "data" cursors?
> >
> >
> >
> >Gossamer
> >
> >--
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> >
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> >
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> >
> >
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