Count Routine from MizzMona updated May 1, 2014

[JJoe]

Count.txt at http://www.mizzmona.com/proxomitron/files/

MizzMona Wrote:the original Count.txt list was revisited by mizz_mona, who modified the Count.ptxt code to include counting below zero and negative incrementing/decrementing; with a new calling expression, it was then released as an upgrade for Count.txt, under version 3.0, on May 1, 2014.

Code:

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#  HISTORY
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#  Count.txt resulted from the collaboration and effort of mizz_mona (original
#  blocklist and calling expression, and the first decrement code); ScoJo, who
#  reworked the initial "concept" blockfile with breakthrough coding that used  
#  recursive calling that theoretically allowed infinite incremental counting;
#  the late Scott R. Lemmon, who refined ScoJo's work; and sidki, who produced
#  such an elegant zero-stop variation, Count.ptxt, that much was incorporated
#  into the second version of the original Count.txt. For some time, Count.txt
#  development ended; the original list could do incrementing/decrementing and
#  continue below zero; however, recursion was needed for some operations, and
#  calls to the list generated entries in the log window (known as "log spam").
#  Meanwhile, sidki continued work on Count.ptxt, improving speed of operation.
#  To that, Mike/z12 contributed a brilliant coding solution to produce a non-
#  recursive list, and by "failing" the match after processing, the Count.ptxt
#  list also no longer generated log spam. Debugged by mizz_mona and sidki, it
#  was released May 5, 2005 and still endures today. As recorded in Count.ptxt:
#
#    Updated 2004-04-20 by sidki
#    ->  Added decrementing (down to zero only).
#
#    Updated 2004-10-14 by sidki
#    ->  Format changed for speed reasons.
#
#    Updated 2005-05-04 by Mike/z12
#    ->  Make the list return false so the log window doesn't fill up.
#    ->  No longer uses recursive calling.
#
#    Updated 2005-05-05 by Mona and sidki
#    ->  Format changes and bugfixes.
#
#  Sidki included the list, Count.ptxt, in his popular public config. The list
#  was fast, did not generate log spam, but also did not support incrementing/
#  decrementing negative numbers and would not count down below zero (features
#  unnecessary to the operation of his config). Nine years later, the original
#  Count.txt list was revisited by mizz_mona, who modified the Count.ptxt code
#  to include counting below zero and negative incrementing/decrementing; with
#  a new calling expression, it was then released as an upgrade for Count.txt,
#  under version 3.0, on May 1, 2014.