Do you lay awake at night pictureing the LabVIEW logo?

[crelf]

I wonder this too! I guess it's a class...

From Christina Rogers's site: http://www.eyesonvis.com (you should subscribe to her blog too!)

[jcarmody]

Is it an integer?  There's no coercion dot at the add function.

[Aristos Queue]

I wonder this too! I guess it's a class...

I like to believe that NI was prescient enough 25 years ago to know that classes would be so fundamental to the language that they would put classes on the logo in expectation of their arrival. On the other hand, the logo includes the sequence structure, which casts doubt on the prescience idea. :-)

Is it an integer? There's no coercion dot at the add function.

Clearly the blue wire is also an object, and the add primitive supports automatic downcasting.

[Christina Rogers]

Stephen, I'm sure the LabVIEW logo had no influence on you when you were picking the default color for class wires.

Chris, I'm glad you liked the comic! So much of my website is stale... I should go add some new content.

[crelf]

I like to believe that NI was prescient enough 25 years ago to know that classes would be so fundamental to the language that they would put classes on the logo in expectation of their arrival. On the other hand, the logo includes the sequence structure, which casts doubt on the prescience idea. :-)

[smenjoulet]

On the other hand, the logo includes the sequence structure, which casts doubt on the prescience idea. :-)

But wait, the sequence structure doesn't have a frame selector, so it "could" be a flat sequence structure (or maybe a 1 frame stacked sequence). That might be more presciently palatabe. Slightly...

[Daryl]

I wonder this too! I guess it's a class...

From Christina Rogers's site: http://www.eyesonvis.com (you should subscribe to her blog too!)

I never really thought about it until just now. I guess if I am laying awake thinking about Labview, it is usually thinking about the best way to do something or trying to figure out a bug or something along those lines.

Edited December 9, 2009 by Daryl

[crelf]

So much of my website is stale... I should go add some new content.

I'm glad I'm your motivation Get your bum into gear and do it!

[Yair]

Clearly the blue wire is also an object, and the add primitive supports automatic downcasting.

Which means that add primitive also supports ...(gasp)... operator overloading?

[Wire Warrior]

I feel better now. I'm not the only one who wondered about the logo. I won't say I lay awake at night. It's usually more of a drive time commute thought process at the end of the day.

Jason

[Aristos Queue]

Which means that add primitive also supports ...(gasp)... operator overloading?

Or that someone used the Icon Editor and drew a triangle with a plus sign on it. Occam's Razor, man, Occam's Razor.

[Cat]

Or that someone used the Icon Editor and drew a triangle with a plus sign on it. Occam's Razor, man, Occam's Razor.

Oh but that's so boring! It's much more fun speculating. Kind of like trying to make up figure out what the V I in V I Engineering stands for.

[crelf]

Or that someone used the Icon Editor and drew a triangle with a plus sign on it. Occam's Razor, man, Occam's Razor.

One of my favourite t-shirt designs:

I'm not sure where I found this - probably sent to me by justingoeres...

Kind of like trying to make up figure out what the V I in V I Engineering stands for.

[Yair]

Or that someone used the Icon Editor and drew a triangle with a plus sign on it. Occam's Razor, man, Occam's Razor.

Don't put this on me. You were the one who said it was a primitive and who am I to argue with the great AQ? I wouldn't want to find my classes not working come the next release.

[Aristos Queue]

You were the one who said it was a primitive

Ok... I guess it could've been one of *my* LabVIEW classes. :-)