From: nospam@example.net   
      
   On Fri, 12 Apr 2024, oldernow wrote:   
      
   > One upon a time, my sister learned an extremely difficult   
   > to win two-deck solitaire game at college, and taught it   
   > to my dad and I.   
   >   
   > She couldn't remember its name, so we've always called it   
   > "The Game".   
   >   
   > Cards being a cumbersome Real Reality (tm) pain in the ass   
   > at times, I wound up writing it in Lua for terminal play.   
   >   
   > (FWIW, Lua is easily my favorite language. Its   
   > block-enclosing syntax annoys me a little, but Lua is   
   > simple, and has a fantastic features:size ratio. And at the   
   > time I did my initial investigation to finally settle on   
   > a go-to scripting language, it also seemed to be the most   
   > easily portable between varieties of devices/OS's. (And,   
   > yes, this is a plug, because I'm a Faithful Believer   
   > (tm).))   
   >   
   > Given Lua's luscious portability, it runs exactly the same   
   > in the Linux within my Chromebook's "Terminal" app, and in   
   > a Termux session on my Android phone. Glorious!   
   >   
   > Here's how it looks: (the 'xxxxxxx' blots out my actual   
   > login name):   
   >   
   > xxxxxxx@penguin:~$ tg   
   > AC* AH* AS* AD* KC* KH* KS* KD*   
   > 2D2 7C2 TH2 8D2 KD2 8H2 QD1   
   > QS1 JC1 8D1 KS1 4D2 AH1 8C1   
   > 8C1   
   > 7H1   
   > 7C1   
   > JS1   
   > 9C2   
   > Stack card: KS1 (30) (74)   
   > 1) KD2 -> KD*   
   > 2) KS1 -> KS*   
   > 3) AH1 -> AH*   
   > 1 <============================= executed play 1   
   > === performing: KD2 -> KD*   
   > AC* AH* AS* AD* KC* KH* KS* KD2  <===== see KD2?   
   > 2D2 7C2 TH2 8D2 3C1 8H2 QD1   
   > QS1 JC1 8D1 KS1 4D2 AH1 8C1   
   > 8C1   
   > 7H1   
   > 7C1   
   > JS1   
   > 9C2   
   > Stack card: KS1 (30) (73)   
   > 1) QD1 -> KD2   
   > 2) KS1 -> KS*   
   > 3) AH1 -> AH*   
   >  <============================= awaiting input   
   >   
   > Ain't that just command line grand?   
   >   
   > Oh... I should mention that of *course* it's going to   
   > look like a disaster if you're reading this in a variable   
   > width font. This mention is because the other day someone   
   > commented on something I wrote as though I'd created some   
   > kind of visual mess for them, and then realized their   
   > comment suggested they were probably viewing my post in   
   > a variable-width font. I mean, what kind of bastion of   
   > cluelessness views USENET posts in a variable-width font?   
   >   
   > But, then, that's apparently the world we "live" in....   
   >   
   >    
   >   
   > (No, I'm not going to explain what all of what you're   
   > seeing means, because it wouldn't make sense without   
   > understanding The Game, and I don't think The Game could   
   > be taught other than in person with an actual physical   
   > double deck.)   
      
   Beautiful! Recently, due to the need to occupy myself with something   
   physical, I've started a trip down memory lane to my childhood and youth   
   when I wanted to become a magician. So to occupy my mind, I've found   
   picking up sleight of hands and card magic to be very therapeutic. The   
   hands practice their moves, while the mind focuses on other things.   
      
   WHen it comes so solitaire, I've been thinking about trying the canfield   
   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canfield_(solitaire) ).   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)