Re: OODL: Prototyping OpenTalk syntax

[DeRobertis]

At 7:32 PM +0100 on 11/27/99, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:
>>Yes, but remember that the...of... bypasses the message hierarchy, so you
>>can't call user-defined functions like that.
>
>Anthony,
>
> it does ???

Well, let's go to our on-the-scene correspondant, the HyperCard Script
Language Guide. Today's version is: 2.1:

        "You can call the built-in functions of HyperCard directly and
         bypass any user-defined functions by using the word the
         before the function name. You can also use of, rather than using
         the parentheses syntax; however, functions having more than one
         parameter always require parentheses." (p. 258, "Function Calls")

[Hmm... this seems to say that "the ln of e", "ln of e", "the ln(e)" are
all "1", assuming appropriate values of e]

Note also that the same statement appears on pg. 290 of the 2.2 Script
Language Guide. If you have a different version, try the first few pages of
the "Functions" chapter.