Re: [zzdev] Re: Oooops big problem in zigzag implementation

[Ted Nelson <ted@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>I thought that the current program was just a demonstration to get
>people interested, and that you were going to be doing it over again
>from scratch later.  That's not the case?

Well, yes, but this is real too !-)

ChrzT


At 05:58 PM 11/1/98 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>> >There is no efficient way to find out what links there are from a
>> >particular cell.    You have to grovel over the entire database looking
>> >for the links.
>> 
>> Yes, it's a little like "Go fish"-- "Give me your tens."  "Sorry."
>>  etc.
>
>Yes.  But that's bad, because there is no way to implement an
>efficient copy operation.  If the user has two cells like this:
>
>	A---B
>
>and wants me to copy them and the connection between them, there is no
>way to do that, because there is no way to find out that they are
>connected without playing tedious guessing games.  
>
>> >It is something to watch out for when you design the
>> >real implementation.
>> 
>> Correct, it something to watch out for.  But by
>>  "real implementation" ... ?-)
>
>I thought that the current program was just a demonstration to get
>people interested, and that you were going to be doing it over again
>from scratch later.  That's not the case?
>
>
>
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