Hi Joel,
we appear to agree on the role of load in the translation process. Glad to
see that the translation process itself is now public knowledge. Looking
forward to more comments.
Elan
At 06:14 PM 12/27/99 -0600, you wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Reference in REBOL has a specific meaning. It describes a process that
occurs when a set-word! type value is evaluated.
Words certainly can refer to values.
However, that's not the only
way the concept of "reference" is used
Hi,
1) Instead of saying:
"the value/string/block/whatever, 'a is assigned to"
I prefer shorter:
"A"
, simply because I don't like the waste of the (human) bandwidth.
2) You probably didn't notice, but I have proven (not only stated), that the
statement:
"In Rebol all the literal
Hi Elan. This is not really a reply to your message, which I'm still
digesting.
I used 'reply" as a cheap way to stay on the thread.
But here's a new approach to the problem of executing a function modifying
its source.
Look at this console stuff:
b: ""
== ""
f: func[/local a][a: b insert a
On 12/17/1999 at 1:04 PM Elan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Much ado about nothing? Perhaps.
Much ado, but * not * about nothing.
One of the striking things about REBOL is that it moves from the
general to the specific, where other languages, I think, may move from
the specific to the general.
Hi Ladislav
Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, December 17, 1999 4:32 PM
Subject: [REBOL] "logical" value referencing ... Re:(9)
Hi, Russell, you wrote:
But I must admit I'm "flabbergasted" at how the function
