Geek bragging

Ghoulish Delight · 04-20-2010, 03:19 PM

I just dusted off an old Windows batch script for some network testing. I'm damned proud of this thing.

WARNING - geektastic detail ahead, will only be of interest to...well, probably no one but me.

Here are the triumphs of this script:
1. It calls itself recursively
2. Each recursive call launches its own process and cmd instance
3. using log files I track data across cmd instances
4. I implemented a spin lock to control log file access

Yeah, I said batch. Bitches.

DreadPirateRoberts · 04-20-2010, 03:34 PM

nice.

Ghoulish Delight · 04-20-2010, 03:51 PM

Hmm, I take it back. In going through and cleaning up comments, I realize that it isn't truly recursive. The script does call itself, but it calls a self-contained chunk of the code that runs discretely with each call, no real recursion. Still a nifty bit of control flow work if I do say so myself.

Snowflake · 04-20-2010, 04:02 PM

blah blah blah snowflake
blah blah blah blah

Good job GD, whatever it means.

Gemini Cricket · 04-20-2010, 05:12 PM

I'm happy that you're happy, GD!

04-20-2010, 03:19 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Geek bragging I just dusted off an old Windows batch script for some network testing. I'm damned proud of this thing. WARNING - geektastic detail ahead, will only be of interest to...well, probably no one but me. Here are the triumphs of this script: 1. It calls itself recursively 2. Each recursive call launches its own process and cmd instance 3. using log files I track data across cmd instances 4. I implemented a spin lock to control log file access Yeah, I said batch. Bitches. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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04-20-2010, 03:34 PM	#2
DreadPirateRoberts Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,483	nice.
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04-20-2010, 03:51 PM	#3
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Hmm, I take it back. In going through and cleaning up comments, I realize that it isn't truly recursive. The script does call itself, but it calls a self-contained chunk of the code that runs discretely with each call, no real recursion. Still a nifty bit of control flow work if I do say so myself. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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04-20-2010, 04:02 PM	#4
Snowflake lost in the fog Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: San Francisco Posts: 7,831	blah blah blah snowflake blah blah blah blah Good job GD, whatever it means. __________________ Be yourself; everyone else is already taken. - Oscar Wilde
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04-20-2010, 05:12 PM	#5
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	I'm happy that you're happy, GD!
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