I never thought I'd see the word 'thunk' again. A coinage of Donald Knuth, I fancy… well, what a blast from the past!
Graham (who, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, completed and supported an Algol compiler) On Mon, 01 Oct 2012 11:49:14 +0100, Alex Tweedly <a...@tweedly.net> wrote: > Thanks Mark - that's a great solution for a one-liner, or even for a 2- > or 3- liner, but not practical for a real=life, multi-line handler. > > (And as a purist I'd mention that it implements call-by-name not > call-by-reference, to the sound of Algol reference papers 'thunk'ing > onto my desk :-) _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
