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[REBOL] Re: REBOL "issues"

From: tim-johnsons:web at: 7-Nov-2010 7:47

* Duke Normandin <dukeofperl-ml1.net> [101106 16:14]:
> So an "issue" is also a "series" which in turn is also what? etc > etc. How far up does it goes?
I believe that series! is descended from any-type! which all types are descended from. And I believe that there is only one layer of subtypes. I.E. any-type!/series!/issue! etc..
> I can see why a parser may need this but programmers?
Wweellll... this programmer does not take advantage of all rebol datatypes but I find it very handy for runtime typechecking, including the function interface. -- Tim tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com http://www.akwebsoft.com