[REBOL] Re: Re : Rebol language aliasing ==> was {Re: FORUM REBOL}
From: tim:johnsons-web at: 21-Sep-2002 11:51
* Laurent Giroud <[laurent--giroud--libertysurf--fr]> [020921 11:46]:
I did this:
>> premier: :first
>> t: [1 2 3 4]
== [1 2 3 4]
>> premier t
== 1
I use the same method to 'alias' 'cat for 'rejoin
[sure saves typing and makes me look like a linux geek :-)]
-tim-
> Isn't it a bug from 'alias ? It seems that premier was only partially registered as
a
> word by alias which renders correct further aliasing of that same word impossible.
>
> But to answer back to Tim, it seems like it's possible to have an entirely
> french rebol by simply aliasing all rebol words with their french equivalent.
> Note that it must not be done carefully (ie can't be automated using an
> english/french dictionnary) since quite a number of them are the same in english
> and french (type?, change, date, difference, exp, unique?, zero, ...) and
> others do not have strict equivalent in french (struct for instance).
>
> I find it nice that 'alias allows Rebol to be completely translatable but it
> might become quite a problem if this becomes widely used : everyone will need a
> copy of the alias definitions along with a non-native rebol script to be able to
> execute it.
> Add to this that it will be very difficult to understand what the script does if
> you don't know the language :)
>
> But another rebol script might do instant language conversion easily so this is
> not really a problem I guess.
>
> Regards,
> Laurent
>
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