[REBOL] Re: On mutability and sameness
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 15-Jun-2001 15:25
Hi, Gabriele,
We're 99% in agreement!
Gabriele Santilli wrote:
> MY MODEL:
>
> simple (scalar) value:
>
> +----+
> | |
> +----+
>
> series (reference) value:
>
> +----+ +----- ... -----+
> | |---->| ... |
> +----+ +----- ... -----+
>
> (where the boxes represent memory areas).
>
> SAME? checks only the first memory area and returns true if it has
> the same content.
>
We agree here.
> EQUAL? checks both the first and the second
> (where present) memory area to se if they have the same content.
>
If you meant
EQUAL? compares the first areas and returns TRUE if they have
the same content, otherwise it compares the content in the
second areas.
then we agree. In other words, its an IF/ELSE rather than ALL
set of comparisons. Agreed?
-jn-
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\/ 2 + \/ 2 = 4 (for sufficiently large approximations of \/ 2 )
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