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I found the whole start of the article very difficult to read. In the end I gave up trying to understand your words and instead looked at the data to find out w

I found the whole start of the article very difficult to read. In the end I gave up trying to understand your words and instead looked at the data to find out what you actually meant. This article would be much better if you removed the whole Noir detective story bits. "Specifically, Floats comes with a clean baby face, with no marks at all, fresh ASCII strings all over. Integer, however, is yet another character, marked by signs on both cheeks, and ol‘ Strings is known by a single sign mark on the second, right-hand side of his signature grin." ???

masswerk 4y ago
Mind that this builds on a previous article (linked), detailing the storage formats of Commodore BASIC, which readers of the blog will be already familiar with. It recapitulates that variables are two ASCII characters with the type encoded in the sign-bits of this byte-signature, in order to establish a common ground for filling a gap in this account. Also, it's meant to advertise the respective tools of the emulator (something I'm not aware of having been done like this before) and to stimulate interest in the reader to conduct further investigations of their own. Hence, the "wrapping" (which, BTW, emphasizes that jargon is not that innocent.)
- richardjam73 4y ago
  Well you did make me ask how the interpreter works in this area. So in a way your article did work.
  - masswerk 4y ago
    Happy that it worked, somehow. ;-) (Also, I've to emphasize, the apparent scandal is not related to gender. Just as a thought experiment: Humans tend to anthropomorphize objects they are interacting with. At this point, it becomes nearly impossible to relate to structure, if there is even the least resemblance, regardless of alleged gender. "He had a mark on the left of his two…", is equally scandalous as is, "she had a mark on the left of her two…". The scandal is more fundamental than this. Meaning, we can't express care for and/or interest in an object and address its structure at the same time, and still avoid this kind of scandal. Anthropomorphic terminology or jargon doesn't help.)
    - altairprime 4y ago
      Understanding how DEFFN works is not the same as disrobing a blushing, helpless woman. My objection is specifically about these three things in combination: 1) equating a code function to ‘damsel’, a gendered stereotype for a helpless women; 2) using phrasing that would most commonly be referencing disrobing and viewing someone; and, 3) having the characterization blush when doing so. These three components taken together are not fundamental to all characterizations. They are specific, gendered, and offensive.
      - masswerk 4y ago
        You are missing the fact that the scandal would be equally so, if this objectified any other gender and that objectification is the game of that trope/genre. And it's effectively not the only case of objectification in this text.

masswerk 4y ago

Mind that this builds on a previous article (linked), detailing the storage formats of Commodore BASIC, which readers of the blog will be already familiar with. It recapitulates that variables are two ASCII characters with the type encoded in the sign-bits of this byte-signature, in order to establish a common ground for filling a gap in this account. Also, it's meant to advertise the respective tools of the emulator (something I'm not aware of having been done like this before) and to stimulate interest in the reader to conduct further investigations of their own. Hence, the "wrapping" (which, BTW, emphasizes that jargon is not that innocent.)

richardjam73 4y ago
Well you did make me ask how the interpreter works in this area. So in a way your article did work.
- masswerk 4y ago
  Happy that it worked, somehow. ;-) (Also, I've to emphasize, the apparent scandal is not related to gender. Just as a thought experiment: Humans tend to anthropomorphize objects they are interacting with. At this point, it becomes nearly impossible to relate to structure, if there is even the least resemblance, regardless of alleged gender. "He had a mark on the left of his two…", is equally scandalous as is, "she had a mark on the left of her two…". The scandal is more fundamental than this. Meaning, we can't express care for and/or interest in an object and address its structure at the same time, and still avoid this kind of scandal. Anthropomorphic terminology or jargon doesn't help.)
  - altairprime 4y ago
    Understanding how DEFFN works is not the same as disrobing a blushing, helpless woman. My objection is specifically about these three things in combination: 1) equating a code function to ‘damsel’, a gendered stereotype for a helpless women; 2) using phrasing that would most commonly be referencing disrobing and viewing someone; and, 3) having the characterization blush when doing so. These three components taken together are not fundamental to all characterizations. They are specific, gendered, and offensive.
    - masswerk 4y ago
      You are missing the fact that the scandal would be equally so, if this objectified any other gender and that objectification is the game of that trope/genre. And it's effectively not the only case of objectification in this text.