PH work

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A little PowerHouse trivia:

An early demo application for QUICK was the game MasterMind, where you
figure out the sequence of a series of colored balls by making a guess and
then refining your guess based on the information returned (like how many
were in the correct spot and how many were the correct color). In fact, I
was told that the RANDOM function was added because it was needed for the
game.

Now I grant you, it's not a shoot-em-up, but then how many of those were
written in COBOL. In fact, I don't remember any games written in COBOL. I do
know that the original text adventure, Adventure (also know as Colossal Cave
Adventure) was written in Fortran.

Bob Deskin              
Product Manager, Application Development Tools, Cognos Inc.
bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: (613) 727-1178
3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON K1G 4K9 CANADA

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From: Johnson, Tracy [mailto:Tracy.Johnson@msiusa.com]
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I would have liked to have seen a PH based computer game.
Seems that all the languages that 'made it' (except PH) 
had geeks that played with their language, but not PH, 
odd that.)

BT

Tracy Johnson
MSI Schaevitz Sensors 

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> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:58 PM
> To: Olmos, Fernando (Sericon at Alcoa); 'powerh-l@cube.swau.edu'
> Subject: RE: PH work
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> I love your optimism. Over the years mine has been
> tarnished by participation in large companies. It's
> like the urchins who program in Java, cling to the
> rocks at the bottom of a fast flowing river, and the
> big-wigs are content to just be in power and control.
> Productivity and the sense of pride in accomplishment,
> seems to be a thing of the old school, of which, I am
> part of and fading away.
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>A little PowerHouse trivia:</FONT>
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An early demo application for QUICK was the game =
MasterMind, where you figure out the sequence of a series of colored =
balls by making a guess and then refining your guess based on the =
information returned (like how many were in the correct spot and how =
many were the correct color). In fact, I was told that the RANDOM =
function was added because it was needed for the game.

Now I grant you, it's not a shoot-em-up, but then how =
many of those were written in COBOL. In fact, I don't remember any =
games written in COBOL. I do know that the original text adventure, =
Adventure (also know as Colossal Cave Adventure) was written in =
Fortran.

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Bob =
Deskin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=
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<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Product Manager, Application Development Tools, =
Cognos Inc.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>bob.deskin@cognos.com (613) 738-1338 ext 7268 FAX: =
(613) 727-1178</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>3755 Riverside Drive P.O. Box 9707 Stn. T, Ottawa ON =
K1G 4K9 CANADA</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>From: Johnson, Tracy [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:Tracy.Johnson@msiusa.com">mailto:Tracy.Johnson@msiusa.com=
</A>]</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 7:36 AM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>To: powerh-l@cube.swau.edu</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Subject: RE: PH work</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Importance: Low</FONT>
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<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I would have liked to have seen a PH based computer =
game.</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>Seems that all the languages that 'made it' (except =
PH) </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>had geeks that played with their language, but not =
PH, </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>odd that.)</FONT>
</P>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>BT</FONT>
</P>
<BR>

<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>Tracy Johnson</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=3D2>MSI Schaevitz Sensors </FONT>
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&gt; -----Original Message-----
 &gt; From: Jon (Jarod) Hawks [<A =
HREF=3D"mailto:hawksj@yahoo.com">mailto:hawksj@yahoo.com</A>]
 &gt; Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 10:58 PM
 &gt; To: Olmos, Fernando (Sericon at Alcoa); =
'powerh-l@cube.swau.edu'
 &gt; Subject: RE: PH work
 &gt; 
 &gt; 
 &gt; I love your optimism. Over the years mine has =
been
 &gt; tarnished by participation in large companies. =
It's
 &gt; like the urchins who program in Java, cling to =
the
 &gt; rocks at the bottom of a fast flowing river, =
and the
 &gt; big-wigs are content to just be in power and =
control.
 &gt; Productivity and the sense of pride in =
accomplishment,
 &gt; seems to be a thing of the old school, of =
which, I am
 &gt; part of and fading away.
 &gt;

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