> We need a word for the destination of "put" and "add". I think > "reference" can work. In other languages folks use LHS, but since the > LHS is on the right side in these examples, that can be confusing. generally this is referred to as the "result"
> One of the problems with the paradigm is that the meaning of a > statement depends not on the statement itself, or the statement and > declarations of components, but on its context. Ever hear of C? Howabout Java? In those languages the meaning of a statement can vary with the types of the arguments, the number of arguments, or in C's case, where you are in a program. It's not a flaw, it's part of the Tao. The paradigm carries with it certain rights and responsibilities, which one needs to understand. That doesn't make it wrong, any more than polymorphism, multiple-inheritence, or the ability to walk right off the end of an array in C is wrong. It just is. > If a name in an undeclared value or reference context > is used anywhere in the handler as a reference it is > a container with an initial value of empty, otherwise > it is a self-referencing name or string constant. Actually it would be a string literal, but whatever. <snip/> > What good is a paradigm when people don't know how it works? Thus the Tao blog, and the documentation project. I think that most of us that have used HC or SuperCard or MetaCard have a pretty good grasp of the behavior. > As it is, it is broken. I just tend to disagree on this point. It appears to work as I would expect it to, unless I haven't been paying attention to this thread. <snip/> I'm going to leave the rest alone. It's philosophy at this point and should be continued in the request blog. -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
