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Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by mattmaroon » Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 10:51 PM UTC

prakash wrote: post #4

Give Charles Simonyi at Intentional Software a call, he should be in a position to bid for the elance job;-) http://www.intentsoft.com/

I actually know someone very well who knows him very well. Maybe I'll do that.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by aston » Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 10:53 PM UTC

mhb wrote: post #6

If you can sell 2% of the company for $1,000, doesn't that imply a $50,000 pre-money valuation?

$1,000 for 2% implies a $49k pre-money valuation. Either way, Matt's math is off.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by brent » Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 11:24 PM UTC

aston wrote: post #12

mhb wrote: post #6

If you can sell 2% of the company for $1,000, doesn't that imply a $50,000 pre-money valuation?

$1,000 for 2% implies a $49k pre-money valuation. Either way, Matt's math is off.

$1000 = $50000 * 2%

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by aston » Wed, Feb 27, 2008, 11:32 PM UTC

brent wrote: post #13

aston wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$1,000 for 2% implies a $49k pre-money valuation. Either way, Matt's math is off.

$1000 = $50000 * 2%

I know. That'd give a post-money valuation of $51k, though, giving you a little less than 2% of the company in the end.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by bkrausz » Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 12:08 AM UTC

I already have a language like that, but instead of just text it takes in text and money and turns it into code. It's also pretty slow for a language, taking up to several months depending on the complexity of the problem.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by mattmaroon » Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 12:37 AM UTC

mhb wrote: post #6

If you can sell 2% of the company for $1,000, doesn't that imply a $50,000 pre-money valuation?

$50,000 doesn't sound as humorous in context as $48,000. I realized the numbers were a tad off.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by mattmaroon » Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 12:38 AM UTC

thomasswift wrote: post #9

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Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by thomasswift » Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 1:10 AM UTC

mattmaroon wrote: post #17

thomasswift wrote: post #9

this is funny, i read the other post and clicked through to see the last name maroon naming convention and I immediately thought of matt maroon, then he commented on it. hope you take over the world. should have included cloning myspace. Maroon Demo $(document).ready(function(){$("#ebay").text("Shop Victoriously!");}); Let me know what your paypal address is so I can request money :)

themaroon hotmail.com. Send me $100 so that I know it's you and can reply.

check's in the mail... cheers!

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by technoguyrob » Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 1:40 AM UTC

bkrausz wrote: post #15

I already have a language like that, but instead of just text it takes in text and money and turns it into code. It's also pretty slow for a language, taking up to several months depending on the complexity of the problem.

Here's my algorithm:

1. Parse the program input with a lexical analyzer that:

   i. Loops through each character.

   ii. Appends it to a buffer.

2. Submit the lexed program to eLance with a 7-week bid.

   i. If someone with at least one project completed bids on it, continue.

  ii. If no one responds by the 7th day, return an error: "Syntax error in program. Please recode."

3. Accept the bid.

4. while(!checkIfIndianSentCompletedProjectFiles() && isTakingLessThanTwoMonths()) Sleep(1);

5. if (!isTakingLessThanTwoMonths()) return a run-time error: "Temporal stack overflow."

6. else print resultant code.

It takes a long time to compile some projects, but it's reasonable, since it is after all a very, very high level programming language.

Re: Ultra High Level Programming Language

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Post by brent » Thu, Feb 28, 2008, 4:28 AM UTC

aston wrote: post #14

brent wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

$1000 = $50000 * 2%

I know. That'd give a post-money valuation of $51k, though, giving you a little less than 2% of the company in the end.

If I pay $1 for 20% of your stock, I'm saying your company is worth $5. I now have 20% worth $1. You have 80% worth $4.