[REBOL] Re: Parsing comment
From: steven:white:ci:bloomington:mn:us at: 24-Sep-2002 12:21
>I.e., he's suggesting that we should use parenthesis like Lisp. My
>answer is, no comment.
>(There are a lot of things in REBOL that could be criticized, but
>this one really makes no sense to me.)
His reasoning might be what stumped me for a long time
with REBOL. Some of us are so used to languages requiring
punctuation that we develop a subtle reliance on it for clues
about what we are reading, such as, what are the parameters
for a function, which statements are executed if a condition is
true, where does the program start, where does it end. It has
taken me a while to get over that. I've been wondering if
I should try writing a book called REBOL For COBOL
Programmers.
Of course the other side of the punctuation issue is that if
it is required, then errors in it can make interesting program
bugs. (Reminds me about the episode of the period and
the fuzzy paper...)
Steven White
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