Hi Joel,
I think it was Alan Perlis who said Syntactical sugar causes
cancer of the semicolon!
I *have* to file that one away! That's great.
I don't even regard it as an ideal. The lack of professionalism
in the programming field is one of the major factors behind the
so-called software
On 11-May-02, Tim Johnson wrote:
And what languages use forward slashes?
English? ...
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=s%2Fhe+his%2Fher
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Hi, Tim,
Syntactically speaking, periods are just another character that
can appear in the name of a word. Perfectly OK.
As for the non-syntactical arguments...
Tim Johnson wrote:
* Gregg Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020510 16:51]:
The following characters are not allowed in words: @#$%^,
Hi Joel,
Technically, you can do it. I personally don't think it's a
good idea, for the following reason: REBOL is designed to be
a good language for humans.
I just don't buy this one, for a whole list of reasons, including
the following samples:
Let me see if I can clarify my point a
Hi, Gregg,
Let me clarify too, lest my enthusiasm appear to overpower my
common sense (or my manners... ;-)
Gregg Irwin wrote:
Hmmm. I guess I like sugar coating.
I think it was Alan Perlis who said Syntactical sugar causes
cancer of the semicolon!
;-)
OTTOMH, I might say a
On 11-May-02, Tim Johnson wrote:
Hello All:
I'm well acquainted with RT's recommendation on using hyphens
in 'words. And since rebol syntax is case-insensitive, it makes
perfect sense.
But I hate hyphens and underscores. I just don't like that reach.
A period(.) is so much easier to
Hi Tim,
A period(.) is so much easier to use. I have used periods in
rebol words and I haven't encountered any problems thus far.
Per the docs:
The end of a word is indicated by a space, a line break, or one of the
following
characters: [](){}:;/
The following characters are not allowed in
Tim,
After your all done coding just run this...
rebol []
script: read file: request-file/only
forall script [
all [
script/1 = #.
script/2 #^
script/2 #{
script/2 #
script/2 #.
script/1: #-
]
]
write file head script
Not the right way, but it was
* Gregg Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020510 16:51]:
Hi Tim,
A period(.) is so much easier to use. I have used periods in
rebol words and I haven't encountered any problems thus far.
Per the docs:
The end of a word is indicated by a space, a line break, or one of the
following
just switch to dvorak keymap like me. The - is as
easy to access as the .
:p
rishi
--- Gregg Irwin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Tim,
A period(.) is so much easier to use. I have used
periods in
rebol words and I haven't encountered any problems
thus far.
Per the docs:
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