On 12/5/07, Gabriel Dos Reis wrote:
> ... Like, colors, syntax is something
> we can only offer personal opinions on. Don't you
> agree?
>
Yes, up to a point. Of course not all syntactic constructions are equal.
> ...
> | > | When I write Python or Spad I definitely do *not* think
> | > | of what I am doing as "counting what I do not see".
> | >
> | > I have to line up the sequence of statements, or else
> | > | bad things happen.
> |
> | Correct. What does that have to do with counting?
>
> I have to count the number of leading blanks.
>
I do not have to count the number of blanks. I just visually and
vertically line-up the start of visible text on each line. The number
of blanks is irrelevant so long as they are the same for a given block
of code.
> | "line up" is the
> | same as the placement of parenthesis or braces in other languages.
>
> No. In Java, for example, the the number of blank is before '{'
> immaterial. That is not the case in Spad.
I meant that to "line up" performed the same function as parenthesis
or braces in other languages.
> |
> | When you say "layout" I think it is a synonym for 2-dimensional.
>
> Maybe it is *your* synonym for 2-dimensional. I can assure
> you that it is not mine. And in case it is your synonym for
> 2-dimensional, please think (for a fraction of second) that I did
> not mean 2-dimensional, rather 'lining up'.
>
Could you describe how to "line up" something in less than 2 dimensions?
Regards,
Bill Page.
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