Hello List.... First of all, the term "form" is confusing to me. Would someone give me an appropriate synonym.
I understand that a Rebol "word" is not a variable bound to a datatype as in other programming languages. It is merely the "name" of a container which can hold any Rebol datatype; which itself has the "word!" datatype. Assuming the Rebol word "age", if I want to have the name of the container returned to me, I would use the syntax (form) 'age. Correct? Where does the "lit-word" datatype come in? I don't get the terminology! If I want to have assign something to the "age" container, I would use: age: 35 is the ":" the "set-word!" datatype. If I want the "contents" of age, I would use: :age and have 35 returned to me. is the prefixed ":" the "get-word!" datatype? I'm getting all balled up with the terminology - how is an "action" - like "get the contents of the word called "age", a datatype? Also, what's the difference between using: age: 45 SET age 45 -- -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
