Le 8 f�vr. 04, � 22:29, Dar Scott a �crit :
On Sunday, February 8, 2004, at 01:15 PM, Frank Leahy wrote:
x = y + z (instead of put y + z into x) x += 1 (instead of add 1 to x) x.myProperty = foo (instead of set myProperty of x to foo)
Not supporting these standard statements make the language look a bit "beginner-ish".
I disagree. This is archaic C syntax. The '=' runs foul to math syntax. C has been the ball and chain of programming language development and we should not willingly adopt its syntax.
The Xtalk syntax emphasizes the nature of variables as containers (in this language).
The '=' of Xtalk is friendly to the '=' of math.
Do we move to Montana woods to get away from zoning and then ask for zoning so city folks won't think us country hicks?
In the Old Testament is a story of how the Hebrews asked God for a king because all their neighbors had kings and they were embarrassed about not having one.
Dar Scott
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Agreed ! The English-like syntax of Transcript seem me to be one of the main parts of the XTalk paradigm : As long as Rev will support this VHLL feature, we will stay able to code transcript handlers, even without running computers : i like to feel me free to "think and code" cool handlers in the railroad or, even, in driving my car from home to the office... I can't, for my own, do, with the same success, such kind of things in using Rebol, PHP, Javascript or Java...
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