{"id":383,"date":"2014-07-02T21:09:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T21:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wickensonline.co.uk\/rc2012sc\/?p=383"},"modified":"2014-07-02T21:48:28","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T21:48:28","slug":"seafaring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.wickensonline.co.uk\/rc2012sc\/2014\/07\/02\/seafaring\/","title":{"rendered":"Seafaring and Ship Building!"},"content":{"rendered":"

So I’ve been sailing the high-seas this evening! The first recommended reading book in the bibliography at the end of the manual was a book called Modula-2 ‘A Seafaring Manual and Shipyard Guide’:<\/p>\n

\"An<\/a>

An introduction to Modula-2<\/p><\/div>\n

For some reason this title always intrigued me but as this was an American book and not on my set list I didn’t buy it at the time. I thought it was about time now that I got hold of a copy to take a look. 99p + postage later I had a copy.<\/p>\n

\"Modula-2:<\/a>

Modula-2: A Seafarer’s Guide and Shipyard Manual<\/p><\/div>\n

The strange analogy is between programming languages and ships – with COBOL as a cruise liner, ADA as an aircraft carrier and my personal favourite Assembly that is a sub!<\/p>\n

\"Seafarers2\"<\/a>

Typical page from the Seafarers manual – analogies abound!<\/p><\/div>\n

\"Seafarers3\"<\/a>

A sample, straightforward Modula-2 program<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyway, I decided that I would pick a page at random and enter the program into Benchmark Modula-2 to see how successful it might be off the bat. Modula-2 comes with a fairly limited set of standard modules designed for things like simple console input\/output. As it happens this program was fully supported without issue in this version of Modula-2.<\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>

A sample program entered from the Seafarer’s Manual<\/p><\/div>\n

I then decided to write my own little program, in a similar vein, to convert an imperial weight into metric. This was very straightforward!<\/p>\n

\"My<\/a>

My GoMetric! Program – it converts stones\/lbs to kgs.<\/p><\/div>\n

Not bad for a first effort! Next I plan to explore the editor a bit and go through some of the supplied sample programs.<\/p>\n

Current mood: Nostalgic<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So I’ve been sailing the high-seas this evening! The first recommended reading book in the bibliography at the end of the manual was a book called Modula-2 ‘A Seafaring Manual and Shipyard Guide’: For some reason this title always intrigued me but as this was an American book and not on my set list I …<\/p>\n

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