A "character driven" book, is such a cute expression ... it looks very "pre-GUI" though.
I still LOVE simple character-driven command-line programs, as i can (could?) make them do what i couldn't make big-things like MS Word, MS Excell do.
Extracting a table from a database: just launch some queries, redirect output to text-tables
Re-arranging the columns of this table (as database seemed to be filled with "code fields", combining text and numbers in one string: that made "numerically sorting" them a real pain. But sed/ed/ex, awk (bit heavy), cut, sort ... those little unix cli-stuff, just did the trick: split those pesky char-fields into little char-only/num-only parts, then use these as keys for sort ...
I couldn't do it in excel, well: using VBA it will work, but i'll have to write the whole tool instead of using well-designed one-task-tools together: re-invent the wheel every day?
As for books: i still like the "command line" ones, because most "gui-books" (the ones in the movie theatre) are always improperly abridged, improperly annotated (e.g.: a grey wizard who looks ONLY as an old man, but lacks the mental radiation of Gandalf when i was reading)
Well, for THIS one: i AM curious as to what made it to the movie.
No, these "gui" stuff isn't good for me.
I'll try to find time for this "character driven" novel (well "novel": it's old enough to be called different, no?) |
