Hi Tom,
you wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> To emphasize this pattern aspect, let's invent a new skip function,
>> skip-one:
>...
>> skip-one blk
>
>Maybe skip-one isn't the best choice of name here because
>skip-one blk and
>skip one blk do at least _look_ very similar, but the second line is
>actually what you were argumenting against... ;-)
:-).
>
>By the way, your explanation is very reasonable and I won't say anything
>against it, but Keith is right that Rebol isn't that close to natural
>languages in this case) and I'm not even a native English speaker myself ;-)
>But these similarities are what RT emphasizes aren't they?
Sometimes natural languages are weird. They are not always all that
consistent. You can find examples that promote skip 3 blk. You can also
find examples that promote skip blk 3. Example:
Would you prefer
"Jane hit twice John."
Or
"Jane hit John twice."
"REBOL skip blk 3"
>> Jane hit John twice.
Jane ==>
hits John.
hits John.
>> REBOL skip blk 3
== [4 5]
hit: func ['what repeat] [
what: join what "."
loop repeat [print [" hits" what] ]
]
Jane: does [ print "Jane ==>" ]
twice.: 2
;- Elan [ : - ) ]
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