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Do Key functions work in 3.1.1 Turing?

Author:  w00t [ Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Do Key functions work in 3.1.1 Turing?

Hey everyone,
I have a query about Turing version 3.1.1, do they allow the user to have mouse and key use, like:

getch
mouse.where

thanks alot
w00t

Author:  wtd [ Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:22 pm ]
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Heh.

You'll get this eventually, so I'll just get it out of the way: either upgrade to 4.0.5 or use a different (freely available) language. Smile

Author:  w00t [ Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:34 pm ]
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I have Truing 4.0.5 but my school only has 3.1.1
soo.. back to my question

Author:  Martin [ Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:51 pm ]
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It's so funny, schools insist on teaching obsolete versions of obsolete languages.

Why does the school board not go with a freely available, easy to learn language?

Anyway, yes, you can use those commands with 3.1.1

Author:  w00t [ Thu Dec 16, 2004 2:52 pm ]
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Thats what i said, but anyways thank you

w00t out

Author:  wtd [ Thu Dec 16, 2004 3:08 pm ]
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martin wrote:
It's so funny, schools insist on teaching obsolete versions of obsolete languages.

Why does the school board not go with a freely available, easy to learn language?


Quoted from a post I made at ArsTechnica:

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I love it when schools decide to teach a particular language because it's "the industry standard", then proceed to teach it in a completely non-standard way.

Or when they develop their own (typically half-assed) custom language because "C++ (or Java) is too complex" for first year students, utterly ignoring the wealth of other languages out there, or dismissing them "because they aren't industry standard tools".


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