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[REBOL] Re: discrimination of comma (was: Re: "a REBOL dialect is usually limite

From: greggirwin::mindspring::com at: 12-Nov-2002 11:36

R> So on one side we have error friendly decimals but not comma as a R> word! And I ask you, why? It's just the way REBOL's lexical analyzer works. The dot (.) is a valid word all by itself, but the comma is not. I'm sure there's a good reason, but I don't know what it is.
>> .: 4
== 4
>> .
== 4
>> ,: 4
** Syntax Error: Invalid word -- ,: ** Near: (line 1) ,: 4 -- Gregg