[REBOL] Re: Please help me out
From: btiffin:rogers at: 23-Aug-2010 17:13
On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:10:34 -0400, Emeka <emekamicro-gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> This where I got my conclusion.
>
> I mentioned before that blocks are a container type. An ordered sequence
> of
> values. Actually they are an ordered sequence of un-evaluated values.
> What
> that means is that when a block itself is evaluated the values it
> contains
> are not evaluated. The values a block contains are evaluated when a
> function
> is applied to the block
>
> Is the last statement correct?
Properly, (and I've proven myself wrong in technical discussions about
REBOL's inner workings on many occasions), I think a better expression
would be
The values a block contains are evaluated when the block is REDUCEd.
I think.
Cheers,
Brian
