[REBOL] Rebol Tech, please answer. Two questions. Re:(3)
From: agem:crosswinds at: 13-Sep-2000 17:01
[Petr--Krenzelok--trz--cz] wrote on 13-Sep-2000/11:20:13+2:00
>
> [rebol--techscribe--com] wrote:
>
> > Hi Keith,
> >
> > you wrote:
> > >blk: [11 22 33 44 55]
> > >print skip blk 3
> > >44 55
> > >
> > >Why not (print skip 3 blk) instead of (print skip blk 3)?
> >
> > My $0.02: Two related explanations. Because:
> >
> > 1. REBOL is a mind-mapping language.
> > 2. Consistency makes REBOL easier to learn and to remember.
> >
> > Somewhat longer explanations of what I mean follow:
> >
> > 1. skip 3 blk
> >
> > "skip 3 ..."
> >
> > Why 3? Because the element I'm interested in is in the third position.
> >
> > It is? How do I know that? Because I know what block blk contains, and
> > therefore I know that the element is in some position in that block,
> > namely, in the third position.
> >
>
> OK Elan, I don't feel myself so experienced as you surely are, but how e.g. 'sa
>
> ve
> fits your rebol language philosophy?
>
> save %where what ...
>
action destination source1 source2 ..
not block first, destination first.
