Hi Henri, On Saturday, November 26, 2005, 1:19:18 PM, you wrote:
HM> I don't want it to be done at runtilme. The value is in fact the name HM> of a variable, I create a standard block for a standard function, and HM> then I create several functions using different variables by HM> replicating/compositing the standard block. Do you mind sharing the actual examples? HM> Thank you very much, utility.r and build.r are nice, I will probably HM> find a solution with them, nevertheless they all seem like workarounds HM> for the lack of backquotes macros, I still don't understand why HM> RebolTech decided to use parens for compose. The lispy method seems so HM> much more comfortable, and more accurate with the use of "@" only when HM> needed instead of the "/only". But REBOL has no syntax, in the way Lisp does. So the way to do that in REBOL is creating a dialect, like the BUILD function. Since REBOL is more dynamic than Lisp (REBOL cannot be compiled, while Lisp is a compilable language), it does not need macros as much as Lisp does; so the need for a dialect like BUILD is not that strong, and that's why it's not built in. It has to be said, that while you would not be able to really do macros in Lisp without having quoting, i.e. without support in the syntax, you can do all that in REBOL without any special support. Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- http://www.rebol.com/ Colella Chiara software division --- http://www.colellachiara.com/ -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
