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RE: [ECS] Re: If, Then, Else, Etc peter kraus Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:37:59 -0500

Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:37:59 -0500

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  -----Original Message-----
  From: J Peter Young [mailto:jpy@workingdogranch.com]
  Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:26 AM
  To: ecs-list
  Subject: [ECS] Re: If, Then, Else, Etc


  1. The large config file. I think it is a mistake to recommend people
start with the big file. It causes more confusion that it solves.

  yes true. perhaps several small examples would be better.

  c = b - a

  do c set b
  do c subtract a

  I pretty sure I understand why it was written this way. The interpreter is
simple, it fits the event based nature of the ECS engine and it is was
probably easy to extend. But I bet the way it has evolved it is not longer
that easy to extend.

  doesn't seem that Mark has stopped adding stuff. Still gets added and
debugged fast.

  For me, the biggest single improvement that could be made to ECS is to
replace the existing language with a real language - Java or VB.

  Please do not do this.
  The last thing I need is a language, I just want to automate my house.
  Got to work and pay the bills the rest of the time.
  How would a language improve anything? All I would get is the ability to
rewrite everything that already WORKS.

  The biggest improvement would be to enhance the interface to the user.
  Add more capabilities to the stuff for internet browser control.
  And support touch screens like Leopard.

  I would say the the second (some say first) biggest improvement would be
better phone support. The Zoom modem solution just seems to keep coming back
as not as robust as the rest.

  Compared to writing all this stuff for myself, using ECS is way, way
better.

  I would say that compared to all the other solutions out there ECS is
better !
  Just like the Eveready battery bunny it just keeps going and going and
going...

  THANK YOU MARK.

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-----Original Message-----
From: J Peter Young [mailto:jpy@workingdogranch.com]
Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:26 AM
To: ecs-list
Subject: [ECS] Re: If, Then, Else, Etc

1. The large config file. I think it is a mistake to recommend people start with the big file. It causes more confusion that it solves.

 

yes true. perhaps several small examples would be better.

 

c = b - a 

 

do c set b

do c subtract a

 

I pretty sure I understand why it was written this way. The interpreter is simple, it fits the event based nature of the ECS engine and it is was probably easy to extend. But I bet the way it has evolved it is not longer that easy to extend.  

 

doesn't seem that Mark has stopped adding stuff. Still gets added and debugged fast. 

 

For me, the biggest single improvement that could be made to ECS is to replace the existing language with a real language - Java or VB.

 

Please do not do this.

The last thing I need is a language, I just want to automate my house.

Got to work and pay the bills the rest of the time.

How would a language improve anything? All I would get is the ability to rewrite everything that already WORKS.

 

The biggest improvement would be to enhance the interface to the user.

Add more capabilities to the stuff for internet browser control.

And support touch screens like Leopard.

 

I would say the the second (some say first) biggest improvement would be better phone support. The Zoom modem solution just seems to keep coming back as not as robust as the rest.

 

Compared to writing all this stuff for myself, using ECS is way, way better. 

 

I would say that compared to all the other solutions out there ECS is better !

Just like the Eveready battery bunny it just keeps going and going and going...

 

THANK YOU MARK.

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