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[REBOL] Re: Evaluating words...

From: ralph::abooks::com at: 25-Sep-2001 13:00

> Could you please elucidate the following taken from a textbook > "In the case of values that have a scalar datatype like decimal!, > the evaluation results in the value itself. > In more complex situations, a word may reference an instruction sequence. > The value of the word is that sequence of instructions.During > the value's evaluation, each instruction is evaluated. > The evaluatiuon concludes with the last instruction in the > expression sequence.Then the result of executing the last > instruction in the expression sequence is returned as the value > of that word." >
Urk! I hope that's not in my book<g>. --Ralph Roberts author, REBOL FOR DUMMIES