On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:47 AM, Ingvar von Schoultz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Michaux wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:21 AM, Ingvar von Schoultz >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> The keyword "let" breaks the very valuable JavaScript tradition >>> of using intuitively meaningful keywords. >> >> I have read a lot of math proofs that start with "let x be the..." > > That's exactly the problem. The word makes perfect sense, it > has an easily understandable meaning. And this meaning has > nothing at all to do with the localness that the word is used > for.
Arguably it does. In mathematical writing, it implies that the following assignment is "local" to the current discussion or proof. That is, it's not a definition that has any relevance within other sections of the text. (However, MathML uses "declare" for this purpose.) -- T. Michael Keesey Director of Technology Exopolis, Inc. 2894 Rowena Avenue Ste. B Los Angeles, California 90039 http://exopolis.com/ -- http://3lbmonkeybrain.blogspot.com/ http://dragabok.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Es-discuss mailing list Es-discuss@mozilla.org https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/es-discuss
