On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 12:42:31PM -0600, Rod Adams wrote:
> >
> >No, but nor does it have a concept quite like a variable.
> >
> Which significantly weakens the "mapping naturally to human linguistic
> structures" argument, IMO.
Why exactly? It's just the variable-nature of variables that isn't
exactly expressed linguistically, otherwise variables are just nouns
really.
> >Junctions are equivalent to the English sentence "Get eggs, bacon, and
> >toast from the store". (In Perl, that'd be something like C<<
> >$store->get("eggs" & "bacon" & "toast") >>.)
> >
> >
> Or just have C< get() > take a list, and it's:
>
> $store->get(<<eggs bacon toast>>); # is that the latest use of <<>>?
>
> >It's just a bit of
> >orthogonality that allows you to give "eggs, bacon, and toast" a name
> >and use it later.
> >
> @shopping list = <<eggs bacon toast>>;
>
> gives them a name you can use later, as well.
Except that you've introduced a definite ordering where one isn't
needed.
This whole analogy has me wishing for an Exegesis.
-Scott
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