Hi Steven,

On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, 7:21:11 PM, you wrote:

SW> His reasoning might be what stumped me for a long time
SW> with REBOL.  Some of us are so used to languages requiring
SW> punctuation that we develop a subtle reliance on it for clues

But  you  can  use  punctuation  in REBOL if you want to, you just
aren't forced to.

Also,  the  whole idea is that REBOL is dynamic. It couldn't be if
there was punctuation. I.e.:

   print a + b

DOES  NOT  have  a  meaning, unless evaluated under some rules and
some  context.  When you use syntax to give meaning (as opposed to
context),  you  are  imposing  artificial limits. Whether they are
useful  or  not,  depends.  I  think  that  the  point of REBOL is
simplifying, also by removing some artificial limits.

Of course, IMHO.

Regards,
   Gabriele.
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Gabriele Santilli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>  --  REBOL Programmer
Amigan -- AGI L'Aquila -- REB: http://web.tiscali.it/rebol/index.r

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