On Thu, Sep 09, 2004 at 03:20:22PM +0200, Michele Dondi wrote:
: I hope not to raise too much the noise/signal level on list, but I have a
: question: I have had a long experience programming my HP28s pocket
: calculator, and its RPN language that AFAIK is mostly the same as that of
: newer models, supported constructs of the form
:
: -> a b << ... >>
:
: where C<< -> >> is a literal right arrow char and C<<< << >>> and C<<< >>
: >>> are literal guillemets (delimiting blocks). Just wonder wether by any
: chance *that* language has had any influence on the
:
: -> $x, $y { ... }
:
: construct.
Nope. I used to think RPN was completely unnatural. Then I started
learning Japanese, and now I not so sure am. :-)
I just borrowed the -> from Perl 5 because I knew it was available,
and I thought it read better for C<for> loops than the Ruby approach.
Larry
