Dan, it is not exactly so. Modern interpreters no longer interpret the code, they first translate it to bytecode which is executed by the engine. Although I do not know is this a case with Revolution engine, but adding just an option to a translator makes no impact on execution of the bytecode. At least this is the way Perl works, and it supports many ways of everything. When describing performance of Runtime Rev engine then it is compared as equal to Perl by the Runrev experts themselves. So there should not be any big losses due to alternative syntaxes. But as Bjornke mentioned engine already has a support for =. Evidently I have played too little with it, but I am happy with this if it works with my mathematical formulas :-). best! Viktoras -------Original Message------- From: Dan Shafer Date: 07/13/06 10:18:30 To: How to use Revolution Subject: Re: Dependence on Programming Experts The biggest problem with syntactic shortcuts as options is that they bloat the interpreter/compiler and result in slower execution. It's inevitable. No
single change of this type is going to be noticeable, but you start down that slippery slope and add a bunch of them and then people will start comlaining the app is too slow. On 7/12/06, John Vokey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A bit late in the debate (but I am at my cottage with at best > primitive dial-up): > > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dan Shafer, Information Product Consultant and Author http://www.shafermedia.com Get my book, "Revolution: Software at the Speed of Thought" >From http://www.shafermediastore.com/tech_main.html _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
