[REBOL] Re: Parsing comment
From: al:bri:xtra at: 24-Sep-2002 16:36
Jason wrote:
> Today I read a comment about REBOL which I don't understand. I am NOT
seeking to start a language flamewar. Just curious and hoping someone here
can explain more about parsers. I barely know how to use REBOL's parse, but
I like what I know about it, and it has a strong reputation in these waters.
> > ...who finds it hard to use because the parser cannot know the end of a
function's parameter list -- that's only known at run time, once the
function is called.
I think your correspondent means the parser that interprets the Rebol
dialect, not the 'parse dialect. And I think the colleague is unused to
Rebol language with it's no function calling syntax. For example, in Rebol:
>> print 1 + 2
3
In other languages (like Python), the above is something like:
print (1 + 2)
(I think...)
Andrew Martin
Who's recall of other languages is fading away in the blinding light of
Rebol...
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