On Jun 23, 2005, at 11:17 AM, Dennis Brown wrote:
The "get x" construct is already a syntactic equivalent of "it= x"
(left assignment).
That could be expanded to the general form "it gets x".
Now we have a general xTalk flavored version using the new "gets"
keyword.
From there just substitute any shortcut for "gets" like "gts" or "=".
There you have it. Elegance, consistency, and brevity!
There is nothing elegant about "=" for assignment. IMHO, ":=" is much
superior and is less offensive. In mathematics "=" is a relation or
sometimes a function or sometimes used in "where" or "let" syntax
(named value scoping).
Commands in xTalk follow the English implied-you imperatives. The
deviation from that to a descriptive of the dataflow does not fit. I
come from a functional programming background, but I accept the
imperative style.
Dar
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