My (vanity, typed, bytecode) language tries to be succinct while adopting
the principle of least surprise demonstrated by Rexx.
And 'say' was the best I could do for stream-oriented output... unless
anyone can think of a better one? ;-)
}
on err { /* boilerplate, default if not specified */
dump
HCF
}
say 'Hello, world.'
}
Roops
On Thu, 19 Jun 2025, 06:59 Tom Brennan, <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 6/18/2025 8:43 PM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> > And in BASIC, "PRINT" (still) means "Display on Terminal."
>
> That still makes more sense than "SAY" in REXX
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqi70YWbuO0&t=23s
>
>
>
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