[REBOL] Re: The truth about scope
From: gabriele:colellachiara at: 15-Apr-2005 13:02
Hi Ladislav,
On Friday, April 15, 2005, 7:42:21 AM, you wrote:
LM> *Value sameness doesn't depend on implementation at all.*
I perfectly agree, from an "abstract" point of view.
LM> The main difference, as Gabriele pointed out, is terminological.
Yes, however the subtle detail we are dealing with may matter in
the mental model of, say, a C programmer, who tries to visualize
how this would translate into C structures.
The difference is that of a pointer versus an "inline" structure.
The difference is that of blocks being an array of pointers to
values versus being an array of values. It's just an
implementation detail, and probably I shouldn't care at all and
use an implementation-independent terminology, however I see it as
a difference in my head... sorry about that. :-)
Regards,
Gabriele.
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