Mark Wieder wrote:
Richard-
Wednesday, June 22, 2005, 1:56:20 PM, you wrote:
RG> A single-token assignment operator would be a nice OPTION. Those who
RG> prefer the traditional form would never need to deal with it, while
RG> those of us who are comfortable with it could use it. I see no downside
RG> and many upsides as Rev expands the range of people it might appeal to....
I do. An IDE switch to allow one syntax or the other would be
allowable (IMO) but having both permitted at once would be even more
confusing for someone new coming into xtalk.
Right -- teach newbies things that will appeal to newbies.
And teach pros things that will appeal to pros.
For the record, I'm not particularly invested in that particular
assignment operator, just playing with the general idea of allowing a
single-token alternative as some other xTalks have done.
If the primary concern is having too many ways to do things, as Dan
pointed out that cat's been out of the bag for years. I never teach
bother explaining the externals API to newcomers to programming, and I
never fail to mention it when discussing Rev with seasoned pros.
Forgive my enthusiasm, but I feel there's enough here for everyone, and
the problem isn't necessarily that a tool has a broad scope but merely
how one reveals that scope when teaching it.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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