Well it doesn't need to be mutually exclusive,does it? Lingo does have the two modes as well - verbose and concise.
Ok I stop naming Director as a reference - although this could potentially allure more users to LC... Freundliche Grüße, Christophe Leske multimedial.de PROFILE: www.linkedin.com/in/multimedial ------------------------------------------ www.multimedial.de - i...@multimedial.de Vogteistrasse 19 - 51647 Gummersbach +49(0)2261-99824540 // +49(0)177-2497031 Am 02.11.2012 um 19:05 schrieb John Dixon <dixo...@hotmail.co.uk>: > > > > And that is how it should be... as you say, you have lots of choice elsewhere > if you wish to use dot syntax notation. I for one am glad that livecode are > trying, but they have strayed a little, to keep the language as English like > as possible.. > > Dixie > >> Dot syntax has been talked about in the past, and don't forget that it's not >> even just dot syntax that doesn't exist in LC, you can't even say: >> >> a = 1 >> >> The answer given, I believe, is that they are focussing even more on making >> the language human readable, and that's their target audience, not we who >> use dot syntax in other languages. >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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