Richard- Friday, March 30, 2007, 9:50:36 PM, you wrote:
> If using globals are to be seen as a Very Bad Thing, > why is it that some of the world's most experienced programmers > keep designing languages that support them? Because, as Joe pointed out, they "really get something done that worked and solved problems". Global variables are one of the out-of-the-box enablers that help people find their way in a new environment (and face it - xtalk is a new environment to anyone used to anything else). I put globals in the same category as unquoted literal strings for getting the instant gratification that leads to that "aha!" moment. Without that, it's all too rare for someone to push on and learn the nuances of "local" or creating their own functions or when to move handlers out of the stack script and into various objects. The training wheels are very important, but xtalk also offers the possibility the grow and improve and explore. -- -Mark Wieder [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ 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
