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[REBOL] Evaluator of expressions with 'where clause

From: jan:skibinski:sympatico:ca at: 21-Oct-2002 18:03

Hi all, I have posted a new %eval.r script to the library. Excerpt from scipt documentation: The functional language Haskell, my (other :-)) prefered computer language provides two basic language structures for evaluation of expressions with local assignments: the 'let clause and the 'where clause. I am quite fond of the latter kind, since it let me work the way I like: starting with a main concept and deferring the details to the 'where clause. For example, this is a simple expression with the 'where clause: x * y + z where x = 12 * sin y y = 3 * z z = 7 ...... and in Rebol: eval [x * y + z] [ x: 12 * sin y y: 3 * z z: 7] .... I had to change the name from 'where to 'eval for readability. Rebol does not provide for user defined infix operations, does it? [No, 'eval is not exactly the same as the 'use function.] Jan