On 2018-08-05 17:36, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode wrote:
This is getting pretty contorted and is becoming less like natural
language. For what it's worth, I have never been confused by the
current use of filter. I think of it as pouring soup through a wire
strainer. Filtering "with" keeps the solids. Filtering "without" dumps
them and keeps the liquid.
I honestly can't see how:
filter lines of X with Y
Is less contorted and more natural language than:
filter X by keeping lines matching Y
The former *requires* 'arcane' knowledge to comprehend (it is a
significant contraction of concepts - you need to know the contractions
precisely to understand it!) - the latter does precisely what it says -
it is actually a fully correct and full English sentence...
Warmest Regards,
Mark.
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Mark Waddingham ~ m...@livecode.com ~ http://www.livecode.com/
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